A relative called emergency services after finding the body of the 42-year-old woman lying in the lounge room doorway of her home in Broad Place some time before 9.15am.

Detective Sergeant Stephen Ladd said the woman's death was being treated as suspicious "due to the unknown nature surrounding her death".

"She was found in the entryway of the lounge room of the premises," he said.

"[From] initial investigations it would appear that she does live here by herself."

Detective Sergeant Ladd said there was no "apparent trauma" and could not provide information on how long she may have been there.

The front door of the home remained open on Monday afternoon as forensics officers waited for more than five hours for a coroner's warrant to enter the property. It had been reported that the body was visible from a neighbouring property.

Members of the woman's family visited the house and spoke with investigators in the early evening, remaining in the street until a pet dog could be released from the yard of the property around 6.15pm.

Digital forensics officers searched the contents of a mobile phone, but Detective Sergeant Ladd could not confirm what was discovered.

"Investigations are still continuing into her last contact with family or friends," he said. A neighbour told The Canberra Times she had only met the deceased several times.

She said she tended to keep to herself, but knew she could ask the neighbours for help if needed.

"There were a few people she would talk to," she said.

"It is very shocking, when everything started to happen this morning."

She said the woman's family did visit, adding that she was close to her daughter.

Police officers spoke to neighbours in the quiet street into the evening, as a detailed survey of the house and yard were completed aided by temporary flood lighting.

The body was expected to be removed by forensic officers in the early hours of Tuesday with evidence to be prepared for the coroner.