INVESTIGATION in a Sentence

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265 example sentences for INVESTIGATION, such as:
1. On investigation, his claim was found to be bogus.
2. The investigation will determine what really happened.
3. I would not have missed the investigation for anything.
4. They have yet to announce their findings a year into the investigation.
5. The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of INVESTIGATION
investigation
 n.  the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
 n.  an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
Classic Sentence: (111 in 8 pages)
1  I would not have missed the investigation for anything.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
2  Napoleon decreed that there should be a full investigation into Snowball's activities.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
3  He did not enter into any remonstrance with his other children: he was more willing to believe they felt their error than to run the risk of investigation.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
4  In everything else the etiquette of the day might stand the strictest investigation.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  How her temper and understanding might bear the investigation of his present keener time of life was another concern and rather a fearful one.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
6  Indeed, I have found that it is usually in unimportant matters that there is a field for the observation, and for the quick analysis of cause and effect which gives the charm to an investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
7  He has been of most vital use to me in several of my cases, and a lucky chance has made it possible for me to bring him out and associate him with this investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
8  If you will have the goodness to touch the bell, Doctor, we will begin another investigation, in which, also a bird will be the chief feature.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
9  It is just possible, however, that that also may not be wanting in this new investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
10  I sent the house-maid for the police and put the investigation into their hands at once.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
11  You remember that the affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere whim at first, developed into a serious investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
12  My hardships were not so great as you imagined, though such trifling details must never interfere with the investigation of a case.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
13  We had only been a few hours in Devonshire, and that he should give up an investigation which he had begun so brilliantly was quite incomprehensible to me.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
14  In that case we should have to commence our investigation from a fresh basis altogether.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
15  The affair proves, as I always thought it would, to be an extremely simple one, but I am obliged to you for assisting me in my investigation.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Example Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  An investigation is underway after a missile self-destructed shortly after it was launched.
2  The chairman has also given his approval for an investigation into the case.
3  They have yet to announce their findings a year into the investigation.
4  The investigation uncovered evidence of a large-scale illegal trade in wild birds.
5  The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.
6  Further investigation was hindered by the loss of all documentation on the case.
7  On investigation, his claim was found to be bogus.
8  I want to make it clear, however, that no one is untouchable in this investigation.
9  Henry Waxman, D-California, the committee's ranking Democrat, who had asked for the investigation.
10  We need a detailed investigation to determine exactly why these cancers are occurring.
11  The investigation will determine what really happened.
12  People think that the investigation was independent, but in fact a lot of political manipulation went on.
13  An investigation uncovered mismanagement and a lack of proper financial controls.
14  They have narrowed the focus of the investigation, to concentrate on younger adults.
15  He asked Strathclyde police, which carried out the original investigation, to make fresh inquiries.