u/artsygirlygirl

I was taking a C1 level English test and this question left me confused. Shouldn't it be "hardly had the investigation started...". It doesn't let me see where i made mistakes so i dont know what the correct answer would be. I just quickly chose "had it" because i was running out of time. English is my second language and im on B2 level, I'm really curious what the correct answer is.

Edit: should i message the organisers? Would that be totally ridiculous? Edit 2: i messaged them and they'll look into it!

I've been sitting here for 20 minutes waiting for it to do something and it just keeps spinning