The phrase "request a report" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when asking someone to provide a report on a specific topic or issue.
Example: "I would like to request a report on the quarterly sales performance."
Alternatives: "ask for a report" or "solicit a report."
The Graduate Division will request a report on all Candidates at the end of each term.
Banks, for instance, may request a report from Chex Systems, which provides reports on checking-account closures, before approving an application for a new checking account.
He asked the court to request a report from the agency detailing where the evidence had been held and by whom.
In many towns in northern New Jersey that have high water tables, homes are generally equipped with sump pumps, and often battery backups, since home inspectors usually recommend them when buyers request a report on a home before purchase.
The Trustees will request a report from the Executive in 2013 on the steps that will be taken to ensure the BBC learns from these events after Ofcom has published its finding.
He had travelled to that remote destination in order to spend the evening with Hall's house guests, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and was carrying in his breast pocket, at Hall's request, a report he had written for the American Society of Psychical Research, about a medium named Leonora Piper.
She said she had requested a report after a number of unexplained bills rolled in.
While a bishop, he requested a report on scientific research on embryonic stem cells at the university.
He said the inquiry came about after he requested a report on the grocery supply code of practice, which Tacon oversees.
Mr. Clinton has requested a report from the Justice Department, the F.B.I. and his national security adviser on what steps they think are necessary to combat domestic terrorism.
In the chemical weapons area Iraq provided, as requested, a report on its analysis of the samples from the special missile warhead fragments.
