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police investigation

NOUN
  1. the investigation of criminal activities

How To Use police investigation In A Sentence

  • A lengthy police investigation failed to produce any evidence on which the suspect could be convicted.
  • The police investigation was met with a wall of silence.
  • Police investigations are often perfunctory. Times, Sunday Times
  • The police investigation has now finished and a file on the case has been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service.
  • There will have to be a police investigation and judicial inquiry. Times, Sunday Times
  • The police investigation had passed, the wounds had begun to heal, normality had returned.
  • She claimed that the police investigation had been slow and shoddy and named three of the alleged attackers. Times, Sunday Times
  • The public airing of information gathered in a police investigation runs the real risk of contaminating that investigation.
  • Carr announced three inquiries into whether there had been a chase: an internal police investigation; an overview of it by the Ombudsman's office; and a coronial inquest into the cause of the death.
  • A police investigation yesterday absolved the police of all blame in the incident.
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