Case demanding investigation at first during dance (6)

Times Cryptic #28580 | 1 Across | 2023-04-18
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

I{nvestigation} [at first] contained by [during] VALSE (dance). There’s nothing to indicate the French word for ‘waltz’ here but along with many other musical directions and styles it long ago became integrated into English.

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