Inquire and Investigate (Inquiry and Investigation)/ (searching/ careful examianion)
Conduct a comprehensive investigation to clarify the matter and verify the details precisely.
("And you shall inquire, and investigate, and ask diligently; and behold, if it is true and the matter is certain that this abomination has been done among you" - Deuteronomy 13:15 (laws of an "ir nidachat"), and also: "The guards seized him and led him to the prison; he stayed there for a week, and after investigation and inquiry they handed him over to the soldiers...and he worked for them for five years" - Mordechai ben Yechezkel / Sefer HaMa'asiyot, Part Four, Nefsho Chashka BaKishuf, 289, and also: "One of his relatives whom Aba met after investigation and inquiry said that the man is afraid of him" - H. Be'er / Notsot, 25)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חָקַר וְדָרַשׁ (חֲקִירָה וּדְרִישָׁה)
Definition (Hebrew)
עָרַךְ חֲקִירָה מַקֶּפֶת לְבֵרוּר הָעִנְיָן. בֵּרֵר אֶת הַפְּרָטִים לַאֲשׁוּרָם.
("וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת בְּקִרְבֶּךָ"- דְּבָרִים יג טוּ ( דִּינֵי "עִיר נִדַּחַת"), וְכֵן:"תָּפְסוּ אוֹתוֹ הַשּׁוֹמְרִים וְהוֹבִילוּהוּ לְבֵית הַסֹּהַר, יָשַׁב שָׁם שָׁבוּעַ, וְאַחֲרֵי חֲקִירָה וּדְרִישָׁה מָסְרוּ אוֹתוֹ לְאַנְשֵׁי הַצָּבָא...וְעָבַד אֶצְלָם חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים"- מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, נַפְשׁוֹ חָשְׁקָה בְּכָשׁוּף, 289, וְכֵן:"אֶחָד מִקְּרוֹבָיו שֶׁאַבָּא פָּגְשׁוּ לְאַחַר חֲקִירָה וּדְרִישָׁה,אָמַר כִּי הָאִישׁ חוֹשֵׁשׁ מִפָּנָיו"-ח.בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 25)