"identified the possibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It means that someone has recognized or noticed the potential for something to happen or exist. Example: The research team identified the possibility of a new treatment for the disease after analyzing the data from their experiments.
Organisers had identified the possibility of transport problems as their No1 concern in the runup to the 8pm kick-off on Friday night, given the comparative lack of public transport alternatives to Twickenham station.
This research identified the possibility of application as an insulation building material by mixing aerogels with the cement paste as well as their thermal performance.
The tests have identified the possibility of measurement improvements by way of some secondary operations such as a correction of the frequency scale and the use of cloud filtering.
Because six direct repeats and two integrases (of which intB2 is almost certainly truncated) were identified, the possibility of various excision events and extrachromosomal circularizations in isolate 05-545 was investigated.
Hamilton et al. identified the possibility for bidirectional BLAST searches to identify false positive ortholog pairs [ 61].
Having identified the possibility of a cell population with the ability to initiate an entire 'tumour', the next major step in CSC biology was to identify that population.
If a problem with a learner's professionalism is identified, the possibilities of personal stressors or substance abuse should always be considered.
"The university is currently identifying the possibility of integrating a Steiner Waldorf Education pathway within its BA (hons) Education Studies degree and will have further details available in the new year.
The report also identifies the possibility that F mortally wounded William McKinney and the bullet which killed him also passed into the body of Joseph Mahon.
One in particular identifies the possibility of healing in her husband's coming to see that "he could tell her anything about the war, anything at all.
Research in the 1950s identified the problem of ice formation in fuel systems from dissolved or trapped water but did not identify the possibility of accumulated ice restricting fuel flow.
