The phrase "a specific investigation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a particular inquiry or examination into a subject or issue.
Example: "The researchers conducted a specific investigation into the effects of climate change on local wildlife."
Alternatives: "a targeted study" or "a focused inquiry."
How can every call that every American makes or receives be relevant to a specific investigation?
To be more precise: obviously, every call that every American makes cannot be relevant to a specific investigation.
"I cannot comment on a specific investigation," said Alisa Finelli, a Justice Department spokeswoman.
"How can every call that every American makes or receives be relevant to a specific investigation?" Mr. Sensenbrenner has asked.
It is not uncommon for detectives to ask people who have been arrested about a specific investigation or about continuing criminal activity in their neighborhood.
Federal laws currently restrict the personally identifiable information that the government can demand from credit-card and phone companies except as part of a specific investigation.
"It is absurd, frankly, to suggest that a recusal from a single specific investigation would render an attorney general unable to manage the leadership of the various Department of Justice law enforcement components that conduct thousands of investigations," he said.
"It is absurd, frankly, to suggest that a recusal from a single specific investigation would render the attorney general unable to manage the leadership of the various Department of Justice law-enforcement components that conduct thousands of investigations," Sessions explained to his plainly clueless former colleagues.
In the broader concept of a systems biology approach, we present a tissue specific investigation of the ethylene biosynthesis pathway in tomato.
In 79% of AAD positive patients, a baseline bacteriological investigation was performed with 23 patients receiving a standard culture (2 positive results) and 48 patients receiving a first specific investigation for Clostridium difficile (4 positive results).
"The jury's still out on whether they're going to do a detailed, specific investigation.
