The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

Usage examples of investigating.

Meese was still investigating and had not yet told the president what he had found, so he said almost nothing.

Baker said he knew it was a bit of a stretch, but the job of investigating Iran-contra was too important.

Oliver North stood at attention before the joint congressional investigating committee in his Marine olive uniform, his chest covered with medals, his hand raised to take the oath.

As chief federal prosecutor, he had spent years investigating Washington, D.

DiGenova said he wanted to be candid since he had spent months investigating already.

Clinger, the Republican House chairman of a committee investigating the travel office firings, were breathing fire and were the most immediate political problem, Sherburne would concentrate on them.

They were investigating and routinely calling witnesses before the grand jury.

Sherburne read a copy of a letter Quinn had sent to William Clinger of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House committee that was investigating the travel office firings.

The White House was at the center, and the Justice Department also would have zero credibility investigating its own bureau or the White House.

He had spent the past two years as the deputy independent counsel under Don Smaltz, who was investigating the former agriculture secretary, Mike Espy.

In Watergate and Iran-contra, the congressional investigating committees had granted more limited use immunity to witnesses such as John Dean, the Nixon counsel, and Oliver North, the Reagan National Security Council aide.

Jake Stein investigating Reagan adviser Ed Meese for possible conflicts of interest.

Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, 295.

Saturday: Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, 296.

Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, 298.