investigation

The act or process of investigating.

A careful examination or search in order to discover facts or gain information. synonym: inquiry.

The act of investigating; the making of a search or inquiry; detailed or particularized examination to ascertain the truth in regard to something; careful research.

Synonyms Inquisition, Inquiry, etc. (see examination); overhauling, probing. See inference.

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities