How to say "fact-finding" in Japanese

• 事実調査じじつちょうさ
  nounCovers fact-finding as the activity of investigating a matter in order to establish the facts, as in an official inquiry into an accident or dispute; this is the straightforward 'investigation of facts' sense.
• 真相調査しんそうちょうさ
  nounAlso an investigation, but one aimed at uncovering the truth of what really happened, as behind a scandal or accident; choose it when the emphasis is on getting at the truth.
• 事実認定じじつにんてい
  nounNot the investigation but the determination of facts: deciding what the facts are, as when a court finds the facts of a case; for fact-finding as an inquiry, this is not the word you want.

All three are less common renderings: use 事実調査 for fact-finding as investigating to establish the facts, 真相調査 when the aim is uncovering the truth of an incident, and 事実認定 for the legal determination of facts.

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• 事実調査じじつちょうさfact-finding
• 真相調査しんそうちょうさfact-finding
• 事実認定じじつにんていfact-finding