| witch hunt McCarthyism amassing evidence close inquiry department of investigation detection detective work exhaustive study harassment harrying hearing hounding indagation investigation investigative bureau legislative investigation legwork oppression perscrutation persecution probe red-baiting research sifting sleuthing tormenting victimization witch-hunting |
| legwork amassing evidence ambling ambulation backpacking close inquiry department of investigation detection detective work exhaustive study footing footing it footwork going on foot hearing hiking hitchhiking hitching hoofing indagation investigation investigative bureau legislative investigation lumbering marching pedestrianism perambulation perscrutation probe research sauntering sifting sleuthing staggering strolling thumbing thumbing a ride toddling tottering tramping treading trudging waddling walking witch-hunt |
| sifting amassing evidence appraisal assessment assortment bolting categorization clarification classification close inquiry colature culling department of investigation destructive distillation detection detective work distillation edulcoration elution elutriation essentialization evaluation exhaustive study extraction factoring filtering filtration gauging gradation grouping hearing identification indagation investigation investigative bureau leaching legislative investigation legwork lixiviation percolation perscrutation placement probe purification ranking refinement research riddling screening selection separation sieving sifting out sleuthing sorting sorting out spiritualization straining sublimation subordination taxonomy triage weighing winnowing witch-hunt |