preliminary inquiry
preliminary investigation

The House has said it will begin a "preliminary inquiry."

A preliminary inquiry of 12 banks last month turned up nothing.

The preliminary inquiry dragged on for more than two years.

The committee did not vote on whether to begin a "preliminary inquiry" in the two cases.

Has an investigation (more than a preliminary inquiry) been conducted?

The committee has not yet ruled on whether to proceed with a preliminary inquiry.

Section 43 sets out the nature and requirements of a preliminary inquiry.

The commission is not required to finish its preliminary inquiries within a specific time period.

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

The first order of business was a preliminary inquiry into Joan's character and habits.

He began pleasantly enough with some preliminary inquiries about me and my purchase of the paper.

That is not possible given the narrow scope she has defined for the preliminary inquiry.

The results of a preliminary inquiry will be made available to the Government next Friday.

But under the independent counsel law, she can keep the preliminary inquiry open another 60 days before reaching a final decision in the matter.

New York City officials were not informed of the preliminary inquiry until days later.

The purpose of the preliminary inquiry is to determine whether violations occurred.

In 132 cases a preliminary inquiry has been initiated.

But a preliminary inquiry found that it might have resulted from a breakdown in procedures.

Obviously the picture will be complete when the full preliminary inquiry papers are available."

After a preliminary inquiry, the case was committed to trial in the High Court.

A preliminary inquiry found "sufficient information" for a criminal investigation, the Marines said.

The action was the result of a preliminary inquiry in which state investigators spent seven days at the nursing home monitoring its activities.

Most of the cases were terminated after a preliminary inquiry because the subject could not be linked to terrorism.

A discharge at a preliminary inquiry does not constitute double jeopardy.

The staff of the House Democratic leadership has begun a preliminary inquiry into the matter.

The preliminary investigation in that matter began on Sept. 19, 1997.

A preliminary investigation into some of these matters started after the attack.

The same day a preliminary investigation started to look into the acquisition and the group of people behind it.

From my preliminary investigation, I'm inclined to agree with you.

He said a preliminary investigation into the contracts began over the weekend.

A preliminary investigation found no signs of foul play, the police said.

The preliminary investigation did not point out any persons connected with the case.

A preliminary investigation found no explosives in the car, the spokesman said.

The police said a preliminary investigation showed that he had committed suicide.

Oh, there is much preliminary investigation to be done.

They provided time for a preliminary investigation, which we have just completed in these three instances.

By dawn, the preliminary investigation into the cause of the explosion was under way.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the bones were not more than two years old.

The attacks led to 370 arrests and 408 preliminary investigations.

The memorandum said a preliminary investigation was likely to find that American fire caused the death.

The stages range from preliminary investigation to reason to believe their was a violation.

If the committee finds no grounds for a preliminary investigation, the case is closed.

After all, he considered this simply a preliminary investigation.

No summons was issued after a preliminary investigation, the police said.

"The independent counsel law left Justice with no choice but to move to a preliminary investigation," he said.

She had been charged with doing preliminary investigation of all the witnesses, including the police officers involved in the case.

Several preliminary investigations in the sixties did not lead to further prosecution.

On 9 June 1980 preliminary investigations of the disappearances began.

As for the crew members, Curt had made no progress in his preliminary investigation.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the death might have been a suicide, but the police did not provide details.