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investigation

 
 
/ɪnˌvestɪˈgeɪʃən/ noun [C, U]

Translation

when officials try to discover all the facts about something, especially a crime or an accident
araştırma, soruşturma, inceleme
Police have begun an investigation into his death. The cause of the fire is still under investigation (= being investigated).1110
(Definition of investigation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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