A detection apparatus for detecting an analyte contained in a specimen, comprising: a pipette that allows drawing or discharging a specimen inside a container; a pipette moving section that moves the pipette; and a control section that controls the pipette and the pipette moving section, wherein: the control section controls the pipette and the pipette moving section so as to stir the specimen by causing the pipette to draw at least part of the specimen inside the container in a state after a leading end of the pipette tip is moved to a position A on a lower side of the container by the pipette moving section, and then the pipette to discharge the drawn specimen to the inside of the container in a state after the leading end of the pipette tip is moved to a position B above the position A by the pipette moving section; characterized by the pipette that allows the pipette tip to be detached therefrom; and a liquid feed section that is configured to supply a liquid of the stirred specimen drawn from the container to a channel of a detection chip, wherein the detection apparatus is configured such that when the specimen tends to generate a concentration distribution after standing for a certain time, the liquid feed section stirs the specimen inside the container. a pipette that allows drawing or discharging a specimen inside a container; a pipette moving section that moves the pipette; and a control section that controls the pipette and the pipette moving section, wherein: the control section controls the pipette and the pipette moving section so as to stir the specimen by causing the pipette to draw at least part of the specimen inside the container in a state after a leading end of the pipette tip is moved to a position A on a lower side of the container by the pipette moving section, and then the pipette to discharge the drawn specimen to the inside of the container in a state after the leading end of the pipette tip is moved to a position B above the position A by the pipette moving section; characterized by the pipette that allows the pipette tip to be detached therefrom; and a liquid feed section that is configured to supply a liquid of the stirred specimen drawn from the container to a channel of a detection chip, wherein the detection apparatus is configured such that when the specimen tends to generate a concentration distribution after standing for a certain time, the liquid feed section stirs the specimen inside the container. the control section controls the pipette and the pipette moving section so as to stir the specimen by causing the pipette to draw at least part of the specimen inside the container in a state after a leading end of the pipette tip is moved to a position A on a lower side of the container by the pipette moving section, and then the pipette to discharge the drawn specimen to the inside of the container in a state after the leading end of the pipette tip is moved to a position B above the position A by the pipette moving section; characterized by the pipette that allows the pipette tip to be detached therefrom; and a liquid feed section that is configured to supply a liquid of the stirred specimen drawn from the container to a channel of a detection chip, wherein the detection apparatus is configured such that when the specimen tends to generate a concentration distribution after standing for a certain time, the liquid feed section stirs the specimen inside the container.