investigate
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"Yeovil was one of my first units I was asked to go and investigate some incidents," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The ex-Merseyside Police officer claimed he was told not to investigate further despite voicing concerns to two senior detectives.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department told French law enforcement authorities it wouldn’t facilitate their efforts to investigate Elon Musk’s X, after a raid on the social-media platform’s Paris office earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
To investigate the eclipse's impact, Fernando analyzed seismic data collected throughout April 2024 from several hundred monitoring stations.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
Red Corn did not know more than these fragmentary details relayed to her by relatives, and she hoped that I could investigate her grandfather’s death.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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