Investigation

Examples

• Investigation of these cases, however, revealed invariably the purely fraudulent nature of all such offers, which were uniformly declined. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In everything else the etiquette of the day might stand the strictest investigation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But the incident is an admirable starting-point for an investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Glaucon and the rest entreated me by all means not to let the question drop, but to proceed in the investigation. Plato. The Republic.
• When the nobleman and his secretary had left, my friend flung himself at once with characteristic eagerness into the investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• With Plato the investigation of nature is another department of knowledge, and in this he seeks to attain only probable conclusions (Timaeus). Plato. The Republic.
• The first step to take in this investigation, the lawyer proceeded, is to appeal to Rachel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But if he makes a scientific investigation of the act, such a discrimination is the first thing he would effect. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The newspapers sent in frantic complaints, an investigation was made, and our little scheme was discovered. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is evident that if we cut our fodder at the time the corn is glazing our practice is as near correct as the present stage of investigation points out. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This innate modesty, however, does not prevent Edison from recognizing and classifying his own methods of investigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You are certain the investigation is necessary? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• For a time it was my privilege to work under him on an investigation of the Money Power. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• For the purposes of my investigation, I think that it would be wiser for me to remain at the scene of the mystery. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Ah, a scent of tobacco would have been worth a great deal to us in such an investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was made in pursuance of his investigations into the subject of harmonic telegraphs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• As a result, fragmentary investigations can be brought together and applied to the work of statecraft. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The sanctity of their dress will not only protect them, but serve to conceal their political and commercial investigations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Until the time of Edison's investigations of 1875, now under consideration, electricity had never been known to manifest itself except through a closed circuit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Information of both outrages was communicated to the police, and the needful investigations were pursued, I believe, with great energy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• With your permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations outside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Pasteur now applied his energies to the study of virulent diseases, following the principles of his earlier investigations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He was not fond of taking a leading part in such investigations as could never terminate in any degree of certainty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But finally Jack found an ice-cream saloon, and that closed investigations for that evening. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Colonel had dissipated the greater part of his fortune in his chemical investigations. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Very early in his investigations Langley thought he received through watching the anemometer a clue to the mystery of flight. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The same result attended the next investigations, which were secretly instituted on the subject of Mrs. Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In 1826 these two gentlemen became acquainted, and conjointly prosecuted the investigations which led to the beautiful result of the Daguerreotype. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I could not stop to make any fresh investigations. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Spying, informing, constant investigations of everybody and everything must become the rule where there is a forcible attempt to moralize society from the top. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Editor: Rhoda