Preferred label
Governmental investigations
Alternative labels
Commissions of inquiry
Government investigations
Investigations, Governmental
Broader term
Investigation
Related terms
Committees
Legislation
Legislative hearings
McCarthyism
Scope note
Investigations initiated by legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government and usually conducted by ad hoc or permanent bodies for the purpose of investigating some particular problem of public interest.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.