The phrase "a preliminary probe" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial investigation or examination into a subject or issue.
Example: "The committee has initiated a preliminary probe into the allegations of misconduct."
Alternatives: "an initial investigation" or "a preliminary investigation".
Coupe said he saw no reason to believe that the investigation would go beyond a preliminary probe of 40 working days.
The provincial government said in a statement on its website that a preliminary probe confirmed the case was "basically true".
Switzerland's Weko watchdog said its investigation, the result of a preliminary probe, was looking at whether UBS, Julius Baer, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Mitsui conspired to set bid/ask spreads.
Thus, sending a preliminary probe to 1000 AU in the direction opposite to the target stellar system clearly must be done before any interstellar flight to that stellar system is designed, not to say attempted.
To that end, the court opened a preliminary probe earlier that same year.
Italian prosecutors have opened a preliminary probe, a judicial source said, and the executive European Commission urged all member states on Thursday to investigate how many cars use illegal "defeat" devices in emissions tests.
In addition, a preliminary investigation of the most optimal probe position was conducted.
Who's next?" The argument comes on the heels of a June 15 preliminary probe by the U.S. Government Accountability Office GAOof of ACORN.
The aim of an ICC preliminary probe is to gather reliable information about the nature of the war crime allegations in question — such as how grave the alleged crimes are and whether or not they come under the court's jurisdiction — in order to establish whether a full-scale investigation should be launched. .
