fact-finding

reconocimiento, investigación, de investigación, de indagaciónfact-finding group » comisión investigadora;
comisión de estudio

fact-finding tour » misión de reconocimiento

Ex: Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.

(n.) = búsqueda de datos, búsqueda de información
Ex: Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.