Let \(\mathbb {F}_{d}\) \((d\in \mathbb {N})\) be the group with d generators (called the free two-step nilpotent Lie group) and \(K:=SO(d)\) is the rotation group on \(\mathbb {R}^d.\) Under the action of K on \(\mathbb {F}_d,\) one can form the semidirect product \(G:=K\ltimes \mathbb {F}_d.\) It is well-known in representation theory that \(\widehat{G}\) is a topological space (endowed with the Fell topology, see Fell in Can J Math 14:237–268, 1962). In the present work, we have described partially the convergence in the unitary dual \(\widehat{G}\) of G and we have shown that this description enables us to determine the cortex, cor(G) of G, that is the set of all irreducible unitary representations in \(\widehat{G},\) that cannot be Hausdorff separated from the trivial representation \(1_G\) of G.