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instigation

 noun
     
in‧sti‧ga‧tion [uncountable]
1

at somebody's instigation

also

at the instigation of somebody

formal because of someone's suggestion, request, or demand:
an inquiry set up at the instigation of the White House
2 the act of starting something
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