In a sentence
Six example sentences with investigation, each labelled with its topic.
The investigation began when an auditor noticed that the same warehouse appeared on three different insurance claims.
Finance
A community investigation into the leaderboard found that the top four scores had all been uploaded from one address.
Gaming
The spill prompted an investigation that traced dye through six miles of storm drains to a single loading dock.
Environment
The investigation into the missing court files uncovered a clerk who had been taking work home for years.
Law
The investigation into the outage found that a single mistyped command had emptied the routing table.
Technology
The league's investigation into the tampering claims took four months and ended with a fine and a lost draft pick.
Basketball
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