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investigation English

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investigation

An investigation is a careful look at a crime, problem, etc. to find the truth or a solution. Researchers were conducting further investigations into the connection between smoking and lung disease. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

investigation

(= probe) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities there was a congressional probe into the scandal the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

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Simple sentences

There will be an investigation.
Tom is conducting an investigation of this crime.
The investigation is under way.
We conducted our investigation with the greatest care.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
A thorough investigation is now in progress.
The investigation revealed him to be a spy.
The investigation will probably bring a lot of details to light.
The president resigned from office after an investigation showed he had lied to voters.
His theory is based on elaborate investigation.
Our university medical center is conducting this investigation under the strict control of the Health Ministry.
The investigation concluded that the police officer had done nothing wrong.
This investigation can act as a foundation for more comprehensive research.
How is the investigation going?
I'd like Tom to handle this investigation.
There's going to be an investigation.
The students assisted the professor in the investigation.
Kilby applied Emmet's theory to his investigation of the referendum held in Greece in 1948.
The police continued their investigation.
The FTC nailed down new evidence in the fraud investigation.
He committed himself to the investigation.
Police continued their investigation.
I want a sub rosa investigation of the bodies.
We're under investigation.
I demand an investigation!
Was there an investigation?
We'll start an investigation immediately.

Movie subtitles

If there's anything that I could do to assist in your investigation, don't be afraid to ask.
This is a murder investigation, and we're the murder police.
I don't know how he disappeared or why he ended up in that refrigerator or how he got that whistle down his throat, but if our investigation turns up anything of interest, I'll be sure to call you.
After an extensive investigation I've traced the video to Jason's phone.
It's no longer a private matter when a murder investigation is involved.
Since when did Jolene Parker's case go from missing person to murder investigation?
I was confident, in the course of their investigation, they would reach out to you and Tom, and they did.
Investigation continues.
The investigation began immediately.
Mr. Attorney. For the convenience of the investigation of the Ribonard case and to avoid confrontation and also to protect the life of the prisoner extradited from Louvain, it is desirable he is not seen by anyone.
The center's manager contacted the Chief of Criminal Investigation for help.
CHICOLINI, I WANT A DETAILED REPORT OF YOUR INVESTIGATION.
And did it occur to you that Bryant's death would cause an investigation?
Nothing like a good investigation to make the public happy.
We need to launch an investigation confidentially based on her sworn testimony.
The president is saddened by this tragic event and demands a thorough investigation.
Investigation on Dr Monro, dead on April the 1st, under mysterious circumstances.
Yes, I mentioned something during the investigation, but nothing's been done about it.
Yes, you mentioned it during the investigation.
A full investigation was done.
Fred's been down at that investigation for so long.
Oriminal investigation department.
It's been a private investigation. but right now I could use the long arm of the law.
If we drop it now, it'll bring about an investigation.
You've finished the whole investigation?
The investigation was over.
I was confident that in the course of their investigation, they would reach out to you and Tom.
After centuries of investigation, it comes to this.
I have a wire from New York authorities requesting us to hold you in custody pending the outcome of an investigation.
There's an investigation, I have to wait.
Let's make a little investigation of his luggage.
I've started the investigation.
You're not in charge of the investigation.
The investigation is not making any progress.
Or you could keep quiet, don't say anything. and let me quietly lead my investigation.
Your investigation is a joke.
If it's all the same to you, I'm the sheriff of this county. and will conduct the investigation.

News and current affairs

Concentration of media ownership and control further fuels popular mistrust, setting the stage for citizen investigation to enter the vacuum.
The fact that Russia's Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, took over the investigation into Politkovskaya's killing, as he did with the murder of Kozlov, doesn't inspire hope, as such senior level involvement would in any real democracy.
This was an investigation that had to be conducted, and those found to have the highest level of responsibility for the crimes had to be indicted.
A shameful legacy of President Menem's government in the 1990s was that it prevented the investigation and prosecution of serious improprieties, corruption, illegal arms sales, and major terrorist acts.
The banks do not have monopoly pricing power in the traditional sense, and their market share - at the national level - is lower than what would trigger an antitrust investigation in the non-financial sectors.
A new prosecutor revived the investigation, reinstated the charges, and balked at accepting a plea of not guilty due to insanity.
But Winata himself eluded police investigation, merely by claiming publicly that his followers acted without his prior knowledge and consent.
After a two-year investigation involving more than a dozen journalists, the Post concluded that no one knows how much US intelligence operations cost - or even how many people American intelligence agencies employ.
No friend of the army, he pursued rogue elements within the military in a famous investigation several years ago.
Last year, one panel of the Court found that both the shootings and a subsequent investigation that upheld their lawfulness were tainted by racial animus.
While some cases of illegitimate claims are under investigation, there is no black market for receipts; fraud seems to arise mainly through falsified invoices.
The nefarious practices and management failings uncovered during the yearlong investigation that led to the fines were shocking.
That decision followed an undercover investigation by Animal Defenders International, which exposed shocking abuse of circus animals.
Subsequent investigation revealed that the structure, the longest of its kind, simply pushed the limits of railroad-bridge engineering too far.
I have no doubt that those involved were seeking a way forward that would allow for a full investigation and help overcome the political divisiveness currently undermining the Human Rights Council within the UN system.
At the slightest sign of illegality, an investigation must be conducted, offenders prosecuted, and victims compensated.
Security forces throughout the continent subsequently opened their doors to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency.
Thanks to his perseverance and the media's investigation, the fraud was laid bare.
New tools provide new means of investigation, enabling researchers to speed up computation, for example, and hence increase the production of new knowledge.
BUDAPEST - In September of this year, the Bulgarian prosecutor launched a homicide investigation into the deaths of 238 children with disabilities, who had been living in state institutions in Bulgaria.
What started out as an investigation into alleged graft soon became an opposition-supported smear campaign.
The police finally stepped in and, after a careful investigation, announced that they had found the true criminal: Yang Yongming, a private businessman whom the local lottery administration had contracted to organize ticket sales.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency recently reported on a government investigation into a string of forced sterilizations and abortions in the village of Linyi, Shandong province.

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