Let's say a morphism $f:X\to Y$ is **compactifiable** if it admits a factorization $f = pj$ with $j:X\to P$ an open immersion and $p:P\to Y$ proper. In SGA 4 Exp. XVII, Deligne says that Nagata proved that any morphism of separated integral northerian schemes is compactifiable but that he didn't understand the proof. My questions: - Where can I find a proof that any algebraic morphism of quasi-projective varieties is compactifiable? - What about the complex analytic setting? It seems it already breaks down for $\exp: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C}^\times$? Is there a partial result?