4
investigative(adjective, exploratory, postgraduate, investigatory)
4
legwork(noun, study, check, review, examination)
4
look over(verb, expression, study, check, consider)
4
pore over(verb, expression, study, check, consider)
4
proof(noun, experiment)
4
pursuit(noun, study, order, view, review)
4
question(noun, verb, study, check, consider)
4
scrutinise
4
thesis(noun, notion, theory, proposition, dissertation)
3
frisk(verb, study, check, consider, observe)
3
R and D(noun, expression, idiom, study, examination)
3
appraisal(noun, order, view, determination, conclusion)
3
argument(noun, notion, theory, proposition, dissertation)
3
article(noun, dissertation)
3
ask(verb, investigate, delve)
3
assertion(noun, dissertation)
3
assessment(noun, order, check, view, review)
3
audit(noun, verb, study, check, consider)
3
benchmark(noun, verb, experiment)
3
burrow(verb, action, examine, try, discover)
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