地じ取どり捜そう査さ

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Meanings

noun

neighborhood investigation; door-to-door inquiry near a crime scene

Police term for canvassing the immediate area of a crime, interviewing residents and passersby. Often paired with 聞き込み捜査.

See also: 地取り · 聞き込み捜査

事じ件けん後ご、警けい察さつは現げん

場ば

周しゅう

辺へん

で

地じ

取ど

り

捜そう

査さ

を

行おこな

っ

た

。

After the incident, the police conducted a neighborhood investigation around the scene.

地じ取どり捜そう査さと聞きき込こみ捜そう査さは、初しょ期き捜そう査さの基き本ほんだ。

Neighborhood investigation and door-to-door inquiry are the basics of the initial investigation.

Kanji

地ground, earth
取take, fetch, take up
捜search, look for, locate
査investigate

Related words

聞きき込こみ捜そう査さ
聞き込み捜査 is a broader term for gathering information by interviewing people, while 地取り捜査 specifically refers to canvassing the immediate vicinity of a crime scene.

Built from

地じ取どり+捜そう査さ

Etymology

Compound of 地取り (じどり, 'staking out land' or 'surveying an area') and 捜査 (そうさ, 'investigation'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern police jargon.