All investigation synonyms

noun investigation

• case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
• search — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
• survey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
• review — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
• probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
• hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
• scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
• inquiry — a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
• research — to make researches; investigate carefully.
• inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• inquisition — an official investigation, especially one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel punishments.
• inquest — a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
• observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
• pike — any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
• gander — a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
• quiz — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
• quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
• hustle — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
• surveying — the science or scientific method of making surveys of land.
• sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
• examination — A detailed inspection or investigation.
• exploration — The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
• reconnaissance — the act of reconnoitering.
• recce — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
• enquiry — (British, Australian, NZ) A question.
• observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• probing — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• delving — to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate: to delve into the issue of prison reform.
• fact-finding — a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.
• legwork — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.