Find More in the Material You Already Have.
A name in a report, a detail in a photograph, or conflicting dates across statements can lead to your next inquiry. nQuest uses AI to search and analyze the sources you have collected and to answer questions about the case.
As you add or change material, background analysis keeps summaries and search context current. You request case answers and report drafts when you need them.
| Task | When It Happens | How It Helps |
|---|---|---|
| Read documents and images | As supported material is added or changed | Extracts text and develops analysis that helps you understand and find the material. |
| Find relevant material | When content is indexed and you search | Uses the meaning of text alongside keywords to help retrieve relevant cases and items. |
| Answer a case question | When you submit a question | Brings case context together in an answer, with references you can open and check. |
| Keep summaries current | As the case changes | Updates the working explanation of the investigation as new context develops. |
| Prepare a report draft | When you request a report | Assembles an editable draft from case material for investigator review and delivery. |
Know Where Your Case Material Goes.
Your questions and relevant case material are processed by nQuest’s cloud services and external AI providers. The material used depends on the task: case context, notes, document text, images, or supported files.
Our cloud services run in Oregon and Ohio, United States, with managed database storage in Oregon. External AI services have their own processing locations.
Keep the Sources Close to the Finding.
Source references take you from an AI answer to the records behind it. Keep your assessment with that material, and shape the editable Word report for the client or reviewer who will receive it.
Bring Your Case to the Assistant You Use.
Ask case questions inside nQuest, or connect a compatible assistant through MCP. The connection brings permitted case material into that conversation, with read-only access to nQuest.
Your Permissions Carry Through
Your account, case, group, and compartment permissions apply to the connection. The assistant retrieves only case material you can access.
Case Edits Stay in nQuest
Search, read case information, inspect material, and request case answers through the assistant. Cases and settings remain yours to change in nQuest.
Connections You Control
See which assistants you have connected and revoke access when a connection is no longer needed.
Plan AI Use Around Your Data Requirements.
AI enablement is managed by nQuest for your account. Our team can review your processing requirements with you and provide current service terms, processing locations, and subprocessor details.
When you connect an external assistant, the information it receives is also subject to that service’s settings and policies.
Questions Worth Asking.
Do I need another AI account to ask a case question?
No. Case questions are built into nQuest. Connecting an external assistant is a separate choice, with its own service arrangements.
Does processing happen only when I ask a question?
No. Content analysis, search indexing, and summaries can run as material is added or changed. Questions and report drafts are additional uses you request.
Does a case question search the open web?
No. nQuest answers the question using material collected in the case. Continue using your research tools to gather sources and bring the relevant material into nQuest.
Can I turn AI off for one sensitive case?
AI enablement is managed by nQuest at account level. Contact us to discuss processing restrictions and configuration; avoiding the question feature does not stop background analysis.
What happens to an assistant connection when I revoke it?
The assistant cannot renew its access or reconnect without approval. Its existing access token may continue to work for a few minutes until it expires. Information already returned to the assistant remains subject to that service’s policies.