noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
thorough investigation; careful study; scrutiny
Formal or literary term for deep, systematic inquiry into a subject. Often used in academic or intellectual contexts.
彼は長年にわたりこの問題を考究してきた。
He has been investigating this problem thoroughly for many years.
その理論はまだ十分に考究されていない。
That theory has not yet been sufficiently scrutinized.