וְהֻֽגַּד־לְךָ֖ וְשָׁמָ֑עְתָּ וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֣ הֵיטֵ֔ב וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֱמֶת֙ נָכ֣וֹן הַדָּבָ֔ר נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
and you have been informed or have learned of it, then you shall make a thorough inquiry. If it is true, the fact is established, that abhorrent thing was perpetrated in Israel,
Torah Temimah points to the earlier treatment in Parashas Re’eh (Deuteronomy 13:15).
ודרשת היטב. הובא לפנינו לעיל בפ׳ ראה בפסוק ודרשת וחקרת (י״ג ט״ו).
English: “And you shall inquire thoroughly.” This was already explained earlier in Parashas Re’eh on the verse “and you shall inquire and investigate” (Deuteronomy 13:15).
Torah Temimah cross-references the detailed derashot already given on the parallel requirement of thorough investigation in the law of the ir ha-nidachat.
Derash on the verse (cross-reference to earlier sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The verse is treated as a restatement of the investigative standard already established in Re’eh.
The requirement of thorough inquiry and investigation applies here exactly as it does in the law of the condemned city; the earlier exposition remains authoritative.