indagation

1. (obsolete) Inquiry, investigation.Examples: "Part hereof hath been discovered by himself, and some by humane indagation: which though magnified as fresh inventions unto us, are stale unto his cognition."; "[T]his brief Inventory I have here given as preparatory to vvhat follovvs, and to pre-poſſeſs the Reader, 1. That a natural Indagation according to the light of natural Reaſon touching the Origination of ſuch a Creature as this, is no contemptible or unvvorthy enquiry."countableobsoleteuncountable

2. (medicine) The determination of the condition of the genital parts at the termination of the puerperium preliminary to the discharge of the patient.countableuncountable