Untersuchungen anstellen

to carry out systematic inquiries to discover facts

Türkçe: soruşturma yürütmek

Noun

Untersuchungen Pl.

Verb

anstellen

Topic

Bildung und Wissen

In a sentence

Der Detektiv stellt gründliche Untersuchungen zum Verschwinden der Zeugin an.

How it is used

Means to carry out systematic inquiries to discover facts. Formal register. Use in academic or corporate reports. Common mistake: using 'machen' instead of 'anstellen' is less idiomatic.

Other verbs that go with Untersuchungen

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Untersuchungen durchführento perform investigations in a structured, methodical way

All collocations with Untersuchungen

Other collocations built on anstellen

• Beobachtungen anstellento make observations
• Berechnungen anstellento perform calculations
• (einen) Blödsinn anstellento do nonsense or fool around
• Mutmaßungen anstellento make assumptions without full facts
• Nachforschungen anstellento carry out research or inquiries
• Recherchen anstellen über+Akk.to conduct research
• Spekulationen anstellento engage in speculation/make conjectures
• Überlegungen anstellento make considerations/deliberate