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Open Case

An unresolved matter, read for what the record establishes and what rules each theory out.

4 credits·in-depth·about 2–4 min·4 domains

What it answers

The question Open Case is built for

Name a case that is still open: a disappearance, a disputed attribution, an unexplained failure, a contested death. It separates what the record has actually established from what is widely repeated but never shown, lays out the competing theories and what cuts against each, records what investigators actually did and did not do, and names what would settle it. The parts the record cannot reach are stated as such.

Who reaches for it

Reporters, researchers and curious readers who want the case as it stands, not the case as it is retold.

What comes back

9 sections, on every run

These are the headings the result renders, read from the same promise the form makes before you spend a credit. A section that depends on what the record holds is rendered when it can be and never promised here.

01

The case

02

The review

03

What the record establishes

04

Widely repeated, not established

05

The theories, and what cuts against each

06

What was actually done — and what was not

07

What would actually settle it

08

What the record cannot reach

09

Still open

What you give it

2 boxes, 1 required

The case — the unresolved or contested episode
required · up to 300 characters
What you are trying to establish
optional · up to 600 characters
Try it on: a subject you already hold an opinion about, so you can grade the result against what you know. Each one opens the form filled, in the General domain.
The Nord Stream pipeline explosions attributionThe Gulf of Tonkin incidentThe unexplained Havana syndrome incidents
What it will not do

The lines it holds

It does not solve the case, name a suspect, or grade one theory above the record. A theory is set against the evidence for and against it; a person is discussed only in a public role the record already places them in.

Every claim carries its grade

A claim the scan could not source is marked as such rather than dressed up. How the grades work →

Verified or grounded
Reported or attributed
Contested
Open question
Where it runs

Available in 4 domains

A domain may name it in its own words and price it on its own terms; each row is what that domain shows.

General4 creditsPolicy4 creditsLearning4 creditsLifestyle4 credits
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Roles that lean on it

4 role guides suggest it

Freelance researcher / analystInvestigative reporterPodcast host / producer, analysisLitigation support / legal analyst
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The fastest way to judge the result is to pick a subject you know cold and read it against what you know. The scan names its credit cost before it runs.

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