The article is devoted to the topical problems emerging in criminalistics teachings on investigation recognition. Debatable questions concerning essence, purpose, object, and other components of the specified limits are considered. According to the results of the study, it is concluded that the term "recognition" of the investigation can be considered from several perspectives. Under investigation recognition, you can understand, in particular, the shape and direction of cognitive activity of the investigator in the field of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Investigation recognition can also be defined as the combination of adequate to the situation objectives, methods, tools, technologies and procedures implemented in the mode of procedure establishment of evidence in order to recognize the signs of relevant objects a criminal investigator fails to observe with his imperceptible senses, as well as signs of the unobservable criminal relevant objects, through a comparative analysis of actual and model information and usage of existing knowledge about other signs logically related to the former. In addition, the investigation can be considered as recognition of the emerging private forensic teaching about pattern mechanism principles, methods, tools and technologies, knowledge of the relevant criminal unobservable objects, as well as sensual imperceptible signs of criminal relevant objects.