But the investigation evolved into a leak case as investigators traced the defense lawyers' knowledge of the covert official's name through the researcher, who had learned it from Mr. Cole, who in turn had discussed it with Mr. Kiriakou.
Minami's investigation evolves into a quest made up of equal parts honor, duty and venality, a quest that affords him a clear and unwanted view deep into the catacombs of police corruption, the shadier side of affairs in the emerging "new Japan" and his own crumbling mental state.
This is because treating species as the units of analysis in a comparative study assumes that the traits under investigation evolved independently in each lineage.
Both analyses indicate that S. oneidensis MR-1, which has been subjected to a detail genomic and proteomic investigation, evolved after the species PV4 and WP3 during the Shewanella genus evolution.
For the interviews, the established qualitative research approach of purposive sampling was used to sample stakeholders in a strategic yet sequential way, whereby an initial sample of stakeholders was selected by virtue of their relevance to the research questions posed, and the sample gradually added to as the investigation evolved (Bryman, 2012).
In forensic studies, characteristics inferred from DNA analysis make it possible for criminal investigations to evolve from the "passive comparison" into the "active search" stages.
Having above knowledge in mind, the study area has been selected for the present investigation to evolve a set of policy guidelines for the sustainable economic development of the region.
Noninvasive imaging methods for medical diagnosis and biological investigations, have evolved from qualitative radiological techniques to quantitative methods of measuring biochemical and physiological processes in human body.
The third stage, large-scale multidisciplinary investigations, has evolved since the 1990s, and is related to development and application of modern technologies and implementation of large, multinational research projects.
— That Mr. Thompson's depiction of when and how he learned about the "Newsnight" current affairs program's investigation has "evolved".
