investigative committee

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investigative
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡə.tɪv/us
/ɪnˈves.təˌɡeɪ.t̬ɪv/
involving examining facts, events, problems, crimes, etc. in order to know more about about them or to discover the truth, or doing work like ...
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committee
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/kəˈmɪt.i/us
/kəˈmɪt̬.i/
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information ...
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In the case of immigrant integration, parliament found it sufficient to establish an ad hocinvestigativecommitteewith representatives from political parties, sufficiently broad to support inter-party consensus.
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Of course, if we were to set up aninvestigativecommittee, the latter might well find otherwise.
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That is better done by a reallyinvestigativecommittee.
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His proposal to establish aninvestigativecommitteeand seek to recover the money spent on the devices was supported by other parliamentarians.
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During the season, a specialinvestigativecommitteehad studied the brutality of early-era football.
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Because of his experience there, he was appointed in 1921 to chair aninvestigativecommitteeon the needs of doctors.
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This led to a review of his work by aninvestigativecommittee.
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Swallow previously stated theinvestigativecommitteewas the state legislature's prerogative and that he completely respects their prerogative.
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A judicialinvestigativecommitteeis a panel of judges selected to investigate a judicial misconduct complaint against a judge accused of judicial misconduct.
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I refer to the work of our investigative committees.
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The investigative committees were formed to investigate formal complaints filed regarding suspected by-law violations committed by member schools.
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Several investigative committees were appointed after the accident.
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Pruss was unable to testify at investigative committees, but officially he was not held responsible.
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On the same day he prorogued the legislature, shutting down the investigative committees.
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Judicial investigative committees are rarely appointed.
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