assign
blame
It is too early to identify the precise cause of the accident or assign blame for it.
I am more concerned with trying to prevent future crises than with assigning blame for those that have already occurred.
The report does not assign blame exclusively to one side or the other.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Blaming & accusing
accusatory
accuse someone of a crime
accuse someone of something
accuser
accusingly
alleged
arraign
blame
contributory negligence
haul
impeachment
imputation
incriminating
incrimination
indictable
nail
opprobrium
recrimination
sacrificial lamb
stitch