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tour d'horizon
noun
[ ˌtʊə dɒrɪˈzɒ̃ ]
• a broad general survey or summary of an argument or event.
• "the annual drug assessment provides a crucial tour d'horizon of where the drugs originate"
Origin:
French, literally ‘tour of the horizon’.