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criminal investigation

process that attempts to determine the facts of a crime and circumstances
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Summary

criminal investigation is an applied science[1]. It draws 922 Wikipedia views per month (applied science category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: activity[3], law enforcement project[4], legal act[5], inquiry[6]
  • Commons category: Criminal investigation[7]
  • Said to be the same as: bringer of preliminary proceedings[8], criminal investigation[9], police investigation[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Criminal investigation[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Has effect: criminal prosecution[13], exoneration[14]

Why It Matters

criminal investigation has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → criminal-investigation
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'bew', 'bg', 'bn', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'he', 'hi', 'id',
    Sitelink count → 30
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: criminal-investigation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923891|criminal investigation (#289923891)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  2. 20d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX524974
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX524974"
  3. 6w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/criminal-investigation, topic/criminal-investigation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/criminal-investigation"
  4. 15w ago · Humoyun Qodirov · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Said to be the same as → bringer of preliminary proceedings, criminal investigation, police investigation
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q25521017 */"
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