fact-finding

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Oversight hearings provide members of Congress an opportunity to not only question and investigate the executive branch’s activity, but also to provide their constituents with this fact-finding work and draw attention to policy issues.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Stalled talks have moved to the fact-finding stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

A United Nations fact-finding mission in Venezuela said this week that the release of prisoners was going far too slowly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Hong Kong has a legal mechanism to set up "commissions of inquiry", which in the past were usually led by judges to undertake complex fact-finding exercises -- a practice left over from British colonial rule.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

I was embarking on a fact-finding mission, which I would combine with the pleasures of seeing the countryside and old friends and comrades.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela