Although the Justice Department dropped its inquiry into the briefcase incident, the bureau was conducting an internal investigation of its own.

Polls showed that the majority of Americans wanted Mr. Starr to drop his inquiry.

Gradually, he cajoled them into dropping their inquiry.

New York State has dropped its inquiry into the charge that Woody Allen sexually molested his 7-year-old daughter.

Not surprisingly, the State Senate committee dropped its inquiry and gave the hospital a clean bill of health.

The authorities have dropped their inquiry into the case.

After years of investigating the senator's fund-raising and personal finances, federal prosecutors dropped their inquiry in January.

DoubleClick abandoned the plan, and the Federal Trade Commission dropped its inquiry.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation essentially dropped its inquiry when two main suspects died.

The bureau had earlier taken an interest in Mr. al Bayoumi, but had dropped its inquiry before he developed a relationship with the two hijackers.