The girl was another matter; she certainly would bear careful investigation.
They are too good to bear investigation, my friend.
"I don't believe so," Spock said, "though it does bear further investigation."
Maybe, as the papers hint, his private life wouldn't bear investigation.
He was not trying for detail, but rather looking for whatever would bear further investigation.
We began to get letters back, to the effect that the matter would certainly bear investigation.
They are various, and many of them would not bear investigation.
You see, some of the people who stay here are the rich playboy lot and their morals won't bear much investigation.
The formation of the opposite wall, he decided, would bear closer investigation.
And now here was a strange artifact, something definitely bearing investigation.