get to the bottom of
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“We are investigating State Farm’s behavior after the Southern California wildfires to get to the bottom of complaints that they are unfairly delaying or denying survivors’ claims,” he wrote to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
He added that he wanted to "get to the bottom of the problems once and for all, work out how we fix them, whether we can fix them".
From BBC
And he’s still trying to get to the bottom of it!
From Slate
"We need to know what was happening in those circles and therefore I think it would be right to be able to scrutinise, have transparency and to get to the bottom of all these dealings," Maskell said.
From BBC
Her brother, Zak White, tells BBC Newsbeat: "I don't think we're ever going to get to the bottom of what happened and get a fair punishment."
From BBC
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