Usage examples of "enquêter" in French with translation to English

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Nous devons enquêter sur les abus sociaux. We must investigate social abuses.
Je n'ose pas enquêter trop profondément, de peur de découvrir l'horrible vérité ! I dare not probe too deeply, lest I uncover the awful truth!
Une commission a été constituée pour enquêter sur les prix. A committee was constituted to investigate prices.
Le gouvernement désigna une commission pour enquêter sur l'accident. The government appointed a committee to investigate the accident.
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.
Nous allons immédiatement enquêter sur l'affaire. We'll look into the case at once.
La police commença à enquêter sur l'affaire de meurtre. The police started to look into the murder case.
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