investigation
/ɪnˌvestɪˈgeɪʃən/ noun [C, U]Definition
› when officials try to discover all the facts about something, especially a crime or an accident: Police have begun an investigation into his death. The cause of the fire is still under investigation (= being investigated).
(Definition of investigation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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