As much as $60,000 was spent investigating the hoax, he estimated.

Three episodes were spent investigating the case of Sean Burrows, a youth worker who had beaten his wife and son.

Every moment of my memory has been spent investigating the natural world around me.

Wouldn't the administrative cost of the Brady bill be better used if spent actually investigating crimes?

She thought of the five years she had spent in Anchorage investigating cases of abuse inflicted by parents upon their own children.

The deaths were written off as "drug-related", which meant not much time would be spent investigating them.

Dr. Hirsch, who has spent much of his career investigating the sense of smell, said the study might seem trivial on some levels.

Much of her career as a painter has been spent investigating the quality of effects geometry, pattern, repetition and colour have on space.

At this moment, we believe our efforts will be best spent investigating a supposed freetrader.

As a consequence, he said, "The Government has determined that its prosecutorial resources should be spent investigating and prosecuting more recent activity."