finding
award, conclusion, decision, decree, judgment, pronouncement, recommendation, verdict
fault-finding
1 n carping, hairsplitting, nagging, niggling, nit-picking (informal)
2 adj captious, carping, censorious, critical, hypercritical, on (someone's) back (informal) pettifogging, complimentary, easily pleased, indiscriminate, uncritical, undiscerning, unexacting, unfussy, unperceptive