noun. The act or process of investigating.

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

noun. 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.

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

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

noun. 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.

noun. the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

noun. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

"Perhaps I did not distinctly enough state that _Ecce Homo_ is not a book written after the investigation was completed, but the _investigation_ itself."

unit of investigation  

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