probe

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Ms Pelicot was taken aside by a policeman, who started asking her a series of increasingly probing questions.

From BBC

A first probe was opened in January over his secret meeting with a Chinese businessman who won government tenders.

From Barron's

It will be co-ordinated with local probes into whether there was a causal link between the contaminated formula and the deaths of three babies in France.

From BBC

Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched a joint probe with the Justice Department after video evidence appeared to show the officers’ sworn testimony included “untruthful statements,” the agency’s acting director Todd Lyons said Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new investigation comes hot on the heels of an earlier probe launched in January over his secret meeting with a Chinese businessman who has contacts with the government.

From Barron's