Investigation

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Investigation or Investigations may refer to:

Law enforcement

• Criminal investigation
• Investigation, the work of a private investigator
• Investigation, the work of a detective
• Federal Bureau of Investigation, the primary investigative arm of the US Department of Justice
• Criminal Investigation Department, the branch of British Police force to which plain-clothes detectives belong
• Griffin Investigations, the most prominent group of private investigators specializing in the gambling industry

Medicine

• Clinical trial, an investigation conducted to collect data for new drugs or devices
• Investigational New Drug, category in a USFDA program
• Tests and scans done to help with the diagnosis or management of a disease (see: medical test), although investigation may also refer to the general diagnostic process.

Science and maths

• Forensic science investigation, in fields such as accounting, science, engineering and information technology
• Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space, a K-5 mathematics curriculum

Art, entertainment, and media

• Investigation (film), a 2006 Bulgarian drama
• The Investigation, 1959 book by Stanisław Lem
• The Investigation (play), 1965 play by Peter Weiss
• Investigation Discovery, a digital cable channel
• Investigative journalism, the practice of in-depth reporting or analysis
• "Investigations" (Star Trek: Voyager), the 36th episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Temporal Investigations, agency of the government of the United Federation of Planets in the fictional universe of Star Trek

See also

• Discovery (observation)
• Forensic science, in fields such as accounting, science, engineering and information technology
• Research

See also

• Investigate (magazine), a magazine
• Investigator (disambiguation)