open an inquiry , auch: open an investigation

The panel's rules required it to open a preliminary inquiry into the matter immediately.

The scandal came out into broad daylight, and the army was forced to open an inquiry.

Before Sept. 11, the government had to have specific evidence that a group or individual was planning a terrorist attack to open a criminal inquiry.

He maintained that position in the summer of 2009, when Parliament opened a new inquiry.

Democrats failed to get the committee to open a formal inquiry into them.

Swiss regulators have also opened an inquiry into the bank's losses.

The city's child welfare administration has opened an independent inquiry into whether children were harmed.

The evidentiary test for opening an inquiry is relatively easy to meet.

In 1307, however, he agreed to open an official inquiry.

On Wednesday, the national government opened an inquiry into the police failures.