"indicate potential" is a valid and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe something that is suggestive of certain outcomes or capabilities. For example, "The results of the study indicate potential for a new treatment for the disorder."
However, indicators do not provide definite answers, they rather indicate potential problems.
Students should also indicate potential thesis advisors.
Large variations among subtests indicate potential areas of improvement.
Freelance journalists may wish to indicate potential partner organizations for their fieldwork project.
Over 70% of all the available peer-reviewed papers have been published in the past two years, with a current average of one paper published each day; 87% of original research studies indicate potential risks or adverse health outcomes; 95% indicate elevated concentrations of air pollutants, and 72% of water studies indicate potential or actual incidence of contamination.
Supported by modelling, alternative schemes of reactor design indicate potential for optimisation.
High uncertainties of emission levels indicate potential for improvements and, consequently, recalculations.
The results indicate potential areas, or situations, where worker overexposure may be possible [A.
Epidemiological studies indicate potential benefits of the Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS) for reducing neck injury risk.
Strömberg, S. M. & Larsson, A. I. Larval behaviour and longevity in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa indicate potential for long distance dispersal.
Our results uncovered the distribution and accumulation of MPs across mice tissues and revealed significant alteration in several biomarkers that indicate potential toxicity from MPs exposure.
