Collocations for "investigation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "investigation" in context.
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investigation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- launched an investigation into the [murder, killing] (of)
- launched a murder investigation
- cannot [talk, say anything] about an ongoing investigation
- the investigation is (still) ongoing
- investigation to [determine, find, identify]
- demands (more, new) investigation
- [a police, an FBI] investigation
- investigation and [prosecution, analysis]
- closed the investigation
- the investigation was [led, carried out] by
- further investigation is [required] (to)
- [requires, needs] further investigation
- investigation has [shown, found]
- investigation into the [missing children, accident] has already begun
- findings from the preliminary investigation
- the findings of the investigation
- conduct a thorough investigation (of)
- in the middle of a criminal investigation
- there were [errors, flaws] in the investigation
- an ongoing criminal investigation
- the [doctor, professor, teenager] is under investigation (for)
- is [currently, still] under investigation
- [scientific, clinical] investigation
'investigation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affair
- assignment
- base
- basis
- begin
- beginning
- blank
- blow
- call
- case
- chair
- clear
- commission
- compass
- concern
- conduct
- consistency
- counsel
- criminal
- crumble
- doubt
- emerge
- enable
- expose
- fact
- fault
- forensic
- fraud
- further
- gain
- hamper
- head
- hold
- immediate
- impact
- impede
- independent
- initiate
- intense
- latest
- launch
- link
- material
- merit
- noteworthy
- office
- ongoing
- pending
- perform
- police