fact finder

or fact-find·er

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noun

a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.

Origin of fact finder

First recorded in 1925–30

OTHER WORDS FROM fact finder

fact-find·ing, noun, adjective

Words nearby fact finder

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Example sentences from the Web for fact-finding

That kind of fact-finding—often amid a scarcity of facts—would be for a jury to determine.

The Myth of the Central Park Five |Edward Conlon |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Back in December, a State Department fact-finding mission discovered evidence of Syrian chemical weapons use.

Does Obama Actually Have a Red Line on Syria? |David Frum |March 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She told Fox News her visit will involve “fact-finding” as well as diplomacy.

Hillary Clinton in Burma: Why She's Visiting the Oppressed State |Lennox Samuels |November 19, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Besides, the IOC has been in campaign mode for several years; the schmoozing and fact-finding trips began long ago.

Obama's Olympic Disaster |Richard Wolffe |October 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

The first step in international consideration of minerals is obviously one of fact-finding.

The Economic Aspect of Geology |C. K. Leith
Here again the Committee was not engaged on a fact-finding mission, but was seeking to evaluate the evidence in a broad way.

Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents |Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.

British Dictionary definitions for fact-finding

fact-finding

adjective

having the purpose of ascertaining facts a fact-finding tour of the Northeast

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fact finder

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