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.
(..) Okay? Real tradecraft. The only people we've seen... behave in this way, are other top-level al-Qaeda operatives. We did a red team on your analysis. According to them, this behavior could belong to someone other than al-Qaeda. They did give a percent chance that the unidentified third man... (..)2012 Zero Dark Thirty