| Identity, alias, and profile investigation | Preserved public identifiers, alias links, profile statements, and continuity cues that resolve into a reviewed subject baseline. | Private-platform activity, exhaustive alias discovery, or authorship across every similar account. | Current when recent capture exists; older identity traces become historical only. | Supported evidence Preserved evidence supports this method's finding within the reviewed scope. | Manual repeat or governed monitoring follow-up once the baseline approves a watch scope. | A low-yield profile route does not clear the subject or rule out adjacent identifiers. |
| Records, registry, and adverse-record review | Published filings, entity records, domain-control clues, and adverse references preserved inside the reviewed case scope. | Every sealed matter, unpublished event, or present-day control beyond the record's own update cycle. | Delayed to archival depending on registry, filing, and public-record timing. | Supported evidence Preserved evidence supports this method's finding within the reviewed scope. | Manual repeat before a new decision point or when a new jurisdiction or entity appears. | Historical records explain case context without automatically proving current control. |
| Open-web, archive, and contextual corroboration | Supporting context from reporting, archives, forums, and related public references around stronger primary findings. | A standalone verdict on identity, intent, ownership, or current status without stronger primary support. | Archival or unknown currentness unless the underlying source carries reliable timing. | Corroborating support This method strengthens other reviewed evidence, but it does not stand alone as proof. | Manual repeat when the case needs broader context or new contextual surfaces appear. | Contextual traces can strengthen the case without replacing stronger records. |
| Analyst review and evidence lineage | Which findings stayed supported, which routes stayed weak or blocked, and how the delivered report ties conclusions back to the preserved source chain. | Facts the underlying record set never supported or blanket certainty beyond the reviewed scope. | Current to delayed depending on the newest supported records in the case file. | Corroborating support This method strengthens other reviewed evidence, but it does not stand alone as proof. | Manual repeat through deeper case review or a renewed review scope. | Analyst synthesis sharpens interpretation; it does not turn unsupported material into proof. |
| Recurring monitoring continuation | New monitored changes on approved identifiers after Deep Search has already established the baseline and watch set. | A backfilled baseline investigation or a promise that every Deep Search case starts with recurring monitoring. | Current only to the latest completed recurring scan cycle for the active plan. | Supported evidence Preserved evidence supports this method's finding within the reviewed scope. | Scheduled follow-up only after a reviewed case is governed into recurring coverage. | Monitoring extends an established case; it does not replace the first investigation on this route. |