Adding more evidence to a case

During a search, Magnet AXIOM might recover evidence that could help you find additional evidence. You can add this new evidence to your case.

Tip: When you add new evidence to a case, make sure to provide Scan information in AXIOM Process > Case details. This allows you to keep track of the separate acquisition instances in a case.

Add new evidence to your case

If you discover new digital evidence sources, you can easily add them to an existing case. You can add new evidence to an existing case from either AXIOM Examine or AXIOM Process .

  1. Complete one of the following options:
    • In AXIOM Examine, on the Process menu, click Add new evidence to case.
    • In AXIOM Process, click Browse to case and select the case you want to add evidence to.
  2. When AXIOM Process opens, choose how to search the evidence the same way that you would for any new case.
  3. To load new results while the evidence is being processed, in AXIOM Examine, click Load new results.
  4. To load the new results when processing is complete, click Okay.
  5. If the new evidence includes chat messages, click Okay to update the chat threads.

Remove evidence from case

To delete evidence from your case, remove an evidence source and all associated evidence.

Warning: Removing an evidence source is a permanent action that can't be undone.

  1. In AXIOM Examine, on the Process menu, click Remove evidence from case.
  2. Select the evidence source you want to remove and click Okay.
  3. To confirm you want to remove the evidence, click Remove evidence source.