a problem that 'defies analysis' [=a problem that cannot be easily understood or explained]
It was a difficult decision but, 'in the final analysis', it was the right choice.
The newspaper printed an 'analysis' of each candidate's positions.
(..) Father. President on the line. We're in position. l have to address the Supreme Council. just the facts. No results from the molecular analysis yet. The calibers are overshot. We're initiating a thermo-nuclear imaging. What you're saying is you don't know what it is? (..)1997 The Fifth Element