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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fact-finding
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rescue/diplomatic/fact-finding etc mission
▪ a group of US congressmen on a fact-finding mission to Northern Ireland
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
mission
▪ Some pass the evening chatting to a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
▪ My older brother, who had a crush on my friend, often accompanied me on these fact-finding missions.
▪ There is always a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
▪ There will be no fact-finding missions to any of the countries in question.
▪ There will also be in-depth discussion on Northern Ireland and the Mr Clinton's plan to send a fact-finding mission.
▪ This in turn means swotting up on the subject, going on fact-finding missions and meeting politicians and organisers.
▪ Although he did not reject a fact-finding mission outright, Major was clearly less than enthusiastic about the idea.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A wholesale buying facility can also be a very useful part of a factory visit or a fact-finding interview at head office.
▪ He announced that he would make one of the longest fact-finding journeys ever made by a public inquiry in Britain.
▪ It launched a fact-finding division to gather intelligence on the hate groups.
▪ Some pass the evening chatting to a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
▪ The fact-finding process involves a more formal discussion, during which each party again presents its position and supporting facts.
▪ There is always a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.
▪ There will be no fact-finding missions to any of the countries in question.
▪ Unlike mediation, fact-finding recommendations are generally made public, thus placing additional pressure on the parties to come to an agreement.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
fact-finding

fact-finding \fact-finding\ adj. designed to find information or ascertain facts; as, a fact-finding committee.

Syn: investigative, investigatory.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fact-finding

1909, from fact + present participle of find (v.). Related: Fact-finder.

Wiktionary
fact-finding

a. Designed to determine factual information; investigative n. The determination of factual information

WordNet
fact-finding

adj. designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting" [syn: investigative, investigatory]

Wikipedia
Fact-finding

Fact-finding is the job of a person or group of persons in a judicial or administrative proceeding that has or have the responsibility of determining the facts relevant to decide a controversy. The term trier of fact generally denotes the same function. The process is an extremely important part of the communication process.

Usage examples of "fact-finding".

Rather like reading the Times and having the text abruptly turn to Joycean dream-gabble between one line and the next, so that a straightforward dreary account of the latest Presidential fact-finding commission’s finding of futile facts has metamorphosed into a foggy impenetrable report on old Earwicker’s borborygmi.

We regret that the preliminary diplomatic and fact-finding mission to the globe-frogs' homeworld of Cridi also failed to materialize, but it is now too late either for regrets or a hasty dispatch of seasoned ambassadors.