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Investigate criminal or legal matters

Work activity · O*NET

Investigate criminal or legal matters is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Getting Information. 41 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Investigate legal issues
  • Examine records or other types of data to investigate criminal activities
  • Collect evidence for legal proceedings
  • Investigate illegal or suspicious activities
  • Examine crime scenes to obtain evidence
  • Conduct hearings to investigate legal issues
  • Investigate crimes committed within organizations

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 93.5% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 19.5% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 68.5% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 52nd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Intelligence Analysts 11
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 7
Coroners 6
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 6
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 5
Forensic Science Technicians 5
Digital Forensics Analysts 4
Private Detectives and Investigators 4
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 3
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators 3
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 3
Accountants and Auditors 2
Animal Control Workers 2
Customs and Border Protection Officers 2
Fire Inspectors and Investigators 2
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 2
Legislators 2
Loss Prevention Managers 2
Penetration Testers 2
Police Identification and Records Officers 2
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 2
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 1
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 1
Business Continuity Planners 1
Chief Executives 1
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 1
Correctional Officers and Jailers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 1
Fish and Game Wardens 1
Healthcare Social Workers 1
Information Security Engineers 1
Labor Relations Specialists 1
Recycling Coordinators 1
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists 1
Security Guards 1
Security Management Specialists 1
Sustainability Specialists 1
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 1
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 1
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1

Showing 40 of 41 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 39 occupations in occupations that perform Investigate criminal or legal matters.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Correctional Officers and Jailers Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door Security Guards Retail Loss Prevention Specialists Fish and Game Wardens Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Animal Control Workers Detectives and Criminal Investigators Coroners Private Detectives and Investigators Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators Legislators Security Management Specialists Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Investigate criminal or legal matters., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Investigate criminal or legal matters." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/investigate-criminal-or-legal-matters

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Investigate criminal or legal matters. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/investigate-criminal-or-legal-matters

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-investigate-criminal-or-legal-matters,
  title  = {Investigate criminal or legal matters},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/investigate-criminal-or-legal-matters}
}

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