He said investigators are not assuming that the clinic was the target of the first blast at the office building, which also houses dentists, lawyers and other professionals.

It's improper to let these private investigators assume some set of quasi-governmental status which is very unclear to people.

Less in known about how the Zapatistas obtained their weapons, although federal investigators assume that they came through the underground networks of the Zapatista army.

Federal officials say the case was never solved, but that investigators and the airline assumed the damage had been done by an employee.

If the Histeridae beetles are present, the investigator can assume that some of the other insects have been eaten by the Hister beetles.

In analyzing a study's results, investigators usually assume that the women who dropped out became pregnant at the same rate as those who remained in the study.

The investigators therefore assumed that somehow oxygen was being lost.

Since the body was discovered in May, investigators had assumed, in part because of circumstantial evidence, that it belonged to Mr. Pearl.

Policy makers and social investigators assumed that all married women would be dependent on their husbands for financial support.