on the case

on the case

1. Working diligently on a particular task. Our team of engineers is on the case to fix the issue, and we thank you for your continued patience with the matter.
2. Investigating something. When my youngest child thinks her older brother is doing something suspicious, she is always on the case—she's the best spy I could have asked for! Something went wrong with the engine, so I put my trusty mechanic on the case.
See also: case, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be on the case
  • hard at
  • hard at (something)
  • hard at it
  • the patience of a saint
  • the patience of a saint/of Job
  • plug away
  • plug away (at something)
  • peg away
  • peg away (at something)
References in classic literature
On one occasion I had an hour or so of a most intellectual conversation with a person whom I could not see distinctly, a gentleman from England, he said, with a cultivated voice, I on deck and he on the quay sitting on the case of a piano (landed out of our hold that very afternoon), and smoking a cigar which smelt very good.
Mirror of the Sea
E.On has strenuously denied the allegations, is seeking its own expert evidence, and has requested an oral hearing on the case which, it is thought, will take place within weeks.
COMPETITION : E.ON ACCUSED OF BREAKING OFFICIAL EU SEALS
A hearing on the case will begin on January 29, but a ruling is not expected before RAG's Degussa bid expires on January 31.
RAG WANTS DEGUSSA EVEN IF CURRENT BID FAILS
The Commission based its argument on the so-called two-thirds rule, whereby if 66.6% of the overall European business of the parties who are merging are in a single Member State, it is up to the national authorities to rule on the case.Mr Turmes stresses that E.ON's actual turnover outside Germany was equal to more than 40% of total.
ENERGY: MEP SAYS COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE RULED ON E.ON/RUHRGAS MERGER