Sentence examples of "enquêter" in French with translation "investigate"

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Translations: all12 investigate9 probe1 other translations2
Nous devons enquêter sur les abus sociaux. We must investigate social abuses.
Le gouvernement désigna une commission pour enquêter sur l'accident. The government appointed a committee to investigate the accident.
Une commission a été constituée pour enquêter sur les prix. A committee was constituted to investigate prices.
La maire pensa qu'il devrait enquêter sur la chute des recettes fiscales. The mayor thought that he should investigate the decline in tax revenues.
La police enquête sur le meurtre. The police are investigating the murder.
La police enquête sur l'origine de l'accident. The police are investigating the cause of the crash.
Charles Walcot a enquêté sur le compas magnétique des pigeons. Charles Walcot investigated the magnetic compass bearing sense in pigeons.
La police enquête sur mon frère pour le meurtre, mais ils se trompent de crèmerie. The police are investigating my brother for the murder but they're barking up the wrong tree.
Les journaux ont découvert plusieurs choses louches lorsqu'ils ont enquêté sur le scandale Recruit. The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.
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