Investigation
Encyclopedia
Investigation may refer to:
In law enforcement:
In law:
In medicine:
In other uses:
Investigation may also be:
In law enforcement:
- The work of a Private investigatorPrivate investigatorA private investigator , private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...
- The work of a DetectiveDetectiveA detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
- Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
, the primary investigative arm of the US Department of Justice - Criminal Investigation DepartmentCriminal Investigation DepartmentThe Crime Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service CID,...
, the branch of British Police force to which plain clothes detectives belong
In law:
- Workplace Investigation, when a third-party, impartial investigator reviews allegations of misconduct in the workplace
In medicine:
- Clinical trialClinical trialClinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions...
, an investigation conducted to collect data for new drugs or devices - Investigational New DrugInvestigational New DrugThe United States Food and Drug Administration's Investigational New Drug program is the means by which a pharmaceutical company obtains permission to ship an experimental drug across state lines before a marketing application for the drug has been approved...
, category in a USFDA program
In other uses:
- Forensic science, in fields such as accounting, science, engineering and information technology
- Investigation (film)Investigation (film)Investigation is a 2006 Bulgarian film directed by Iglika Triffonova.- Plot outline :Parts of a corpse have been found and a suspect, Plamen Goranov , brother of the murdered man, is detained. He denies any charges and for want of conclusive evidence, the investigation is about to be suspended...
, a 2006 Bulgarian drama - Investigation Discovery, a digital cable channel
Investigation may also be:
- Discovery (observation)Discovery (observation)Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something "old" that had been unknown. With reference to science and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and providing new reasoning to explain the knowledge gathered through such...
- ResearchResearchResearch can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
See also
- Investigate (magazine), a magazine
- Investigator (disambiguation)