Abstract: Object of research are regularities of tactics of carrying out inspection of the scene, application of the known technical and criminalistic means and methods, and also approbations and introductions of new foreign scientific developments in this area. Object of research are the public relations arising when carrying out investigative action - inspection of the scene. Authors in detail consider aspects of inspection of the scene as the preliminary investigation of criminal cases of investigative action, most widespread and necessary in all cases. The special attention is paid to experience of police of foreign countries. In work the complex general scientific and the chastnonauchnykh of methods of knowledge which include such methods as a standard and logical method, a system method, synthesis, the analysis, deduction, induction and other methods of research activity is used. Improvement of tactics of carrying out inspection of the scene, application of already known technical and criminalistic means, and also approbations and introductions of new scientific developments in this area is one of the main tasks of criminalistics today. Survey is not only the most widespread and necessary investigative action at investigation of all categories of crimes, but also rather difficult and volume procedural action.