IRS investigation
The crossword clue "IRS investigation" is answered by AUDIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AUDIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AUDIT answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AUDIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AUDIT, most used first.
- Taxpayer's dread - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Financial review - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Sit in on - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Book review? - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Filer's worry - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Accounting inspection - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Sit in on, as a class - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Tax cheat's worry - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Financial inspection - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Accounting check - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Check books - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Check the books - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Sit in on a class - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Tax inspection - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Taxing ordeal? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Taxpayer's nightmare - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Taxpayer's worry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Thorough check - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Investigation - PROBE, used 57 times
- Thorough investigation - PROBE, used 14 times
- IRS worker - AGENT, used 11 times
- Government investigation - PROBE, used 7 times
- IRS submission option - EFILE, used 6 times
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