fact-finding

adjective

1. having the purpose of ascertaining facts

   a fact-finding tour of the Northeast

Example Sentences

An independent fact-finding mission will investigate reported mass killings in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, the UN announced on Friday.

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In his register of interests, Givan said the trip was a "fact-finding tour" and involved "visiting Israeli Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze and others".

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The Supreme Court is not a fact-finding body — it is supposed to defer to the factual findings of lower courts and Congress.

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The former holiday resort was visited by the UN special rapporteur for extreme poverty as part of a fact-finding mission in 2018.

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Paul Givan is among a group of unionist politicians who are on a six-day tour of Israel which the minister called a "fact-finding mission".

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