FBI investigation
Bureau criminal inquiry
An FBI investigation is a formal inquiry conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the principal federal law enforcement agency in the United States.
The phrase often appears in news coverage of political scandals, organized crime, or terrorism cases: The company is reportedly under FBI investigation.
Being "under FBI investigation" carries serious weight—it suggests potential federal crimes and can damage reputations even before charges are filed.
- probeThorough examination or tool
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- federalDivided governmental authority
- agentsThose who act for others
- wiretapHidden listening device
search warrant · subpoena · confidential informant · informant · interrogation · sworn testimony · evidence · warrant · bureau · classified · undercover · witness protection · grand jury · indictment · federal charges · conspiracy · crime · crime scene
- investigationsaudit, review, probe, inquiry, oversight
- Judicial Appointmentsjudicial nominee, nomination, nominee, confirmation hearing, confirmation vote
- Senate Confirmationsconfirmation vote, nominees, advice and consent, nomination hearings, committee vote
- OsageOsage Nation, Fairfax, Avant, oil wealth, reign of terror
- Mafiamafia, Cosa Nostra, Sicilian Mafia, Five Families, Colombo
- financial fraudsecurities fraud, bank fraud, accounting fraud, defalcation, embezzler
FBI investigationcover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
looking the other way · whitewash · stonewalling · obstruction of justice · willful blindness
FBI investigationcongressional oversight
Legislature monitoring executive branch
congressional hearing · civilian review · open hearing · citizen oversight
investigation, investigate, investigator, investigators, investigations, investigative, investigating, investigated, vestige