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title: Investigate · Cloudflare Security Center docs
description: Investigate allows you to view a domain’s category, the IP it
  belongs to, and whether the category has changed before. You can also see
  which records it points to, including the country of origin and passive DNS
  records. After searching with Investigate, you will get an API curl to
  retrieve the same search results.
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User permission

All users can access Investigate. This includes accessing URL scanning, and filter passive DNS range.

Investigate allows you to view a domain’s category, the IP it belongs to, and whether the category has changed before. You can also see which records it points to, including the country of origin and passive DNS records. After searching with Investigate, you will get an API curl to retrieve the same search results.

You can learn more about the IP addresses in your logs by searching via the IP address to view its category and threat data. Enter any IP address, domain name, and hostname to see how it has been categorized from a threat perspective.

Investigate also shows [Web Application Firewall](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/) analytics for your websites behind Cloudflare to help you discover what your vulnerabilities are, where attacks come from, and what to do about it.
