聞きき込こみ

noun

information gathering; interviewing witnesses; police inquiry

Primarily used in police or investigative contexts for gathering information by questioning people, especially witnesses. Often appears in compounds like 聞き込み捜査 (investigation by interviewing).

• 警けい察さつは事じ件けんの目もく撃げき者しゃに聞きき込こみを行おこなった。

  The police conducted interviews with witnesses of the incident.

• 聞きき込こみ捜そう査さで有ゆう力りょくな情じょう報ほうが得えられた。

  Valuable information was obtained through the door-to-door investigation.