Investigation Methodology

Evidence Record

An evidence record is a preserved, attributable item of source material captured during an investigation — the page, document, listing, transcript passage or public record a finding rests on — together with its source location, retrieval time and surrounding context. Evidence records make findings checkable: instead of a bare claim that a profile or filing exists, the investigator can open the material and see what it said when it was retrieved. In Nexus, citations open retained evidence records with available source details and supporting material. Save useful findings or add supported evidence to an Agency graph. Selected case records can be exported to PDF, with available custody entries where enabled; review the output before relying on it.