"To make an identification" means recognizing or determining the identity of someone or something. It involves matching or confirming who or what something is. Full definition
One thing that stands out above all else is the crisp design of the game which makes identification of ingredients and the customer's needs very easy. (appspy.com)
This species had a very distinctive arm bone, making identification easy: «We got lucky there,» he says. (newscientist.com)
Finally, they rated how confident they were in making their identification (1 = completely uncertain, 100 = completely certain). (sciencedaily.com)