investigation's
What the inquiry's
Investigation's is the possessive form of investigation, indicating something belongs to or is associated with an inquiry or systematic examination.
The investigation's scope expanded to include financial records.
The investigation's findings were inconclusive.
Government's trial lawyer
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- witnessOne who attests
interrogation · arrest · indictment · forensics · alibi · motive · case · charges
One who studies systematically
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- findingsConclusions from investigation
- dataFacts for analysis
experiment · analysis · peer review · variables · controls · laboratory · results · conclusion
Formal accounts examination
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- internalSituated within
- HREmployee management department
whistleblower · fraud · irregularities · ethics · committee · termination · liability · disclosure
Of a legislature
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
hearing · inspector general · agency · accountability · watchdog · bipartisan · probe · special counsel
One who gathers news
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- sourcesPoints of origin
- scoopFirst-reported story
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
corruption · scandal · leak · documents · interview · editor · story · allegations
prosecutor
Government's trial lawyer
witness · interrogation · arrest · indictment · forensics · alibi · motive · case · charges · confession
researcher
One who studies systematically
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- findingsConclusions from investigation
data · experiment · analysis · peer review · variables · controls · laboratory · results · conclusion · replication
audit
Formal accounts examination
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- internalSituated within
HR · whistleblower · fraud · irregularities · ethics · committee · termination · liability · disclosure · stakeholders
congressional
Of a legislature
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
testimony · hearing · inspector general · agency · accountability · watchdog · bipartisan · probe · special counsel · classified
reporter
One who gathers news
whistleblower · corruption · scandal · leak · documents · interview · editor · story · allegations · cover-up
investigation'signorance
Absence of knowledge
neglect · disregard · willful blindness · cover-up · overlooking
investigation'sassumption
Unverified belief accepted as true
presumption · blind faith · credulity · acceptance · trust
- congressional investigationLawmakers probing governmental matters
- under investigationSubject to formal inquiry
- criminal investigationOfficial probe into lawbreaking
- police investigationOfficial probe into wrongdoing
- preliminary investigationInquiry before formal proceedings
- federal investigationOfficial government criminal inquiry