  We present an analysis of ensemble Kalman inversion, based on the continuous
time limit of the algorithm. The analysis of the dynamical behaviour of the
ensemble allows us to establish well-posedness and convergence results for a
fixed ensemble size. We will build on the results presented in [26] and
generalise them to the case of noisy observational data, in particular the
influence of the noise on the convergence will be investigated, both
theoretically and numerically. We focus on linear inverse problems where a very
complete theoretical analysis is possible.
