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verb
- 1. carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth: "police are investigating a claim that the man was beaten unconscious by a gang"
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INVESTIGATE definition: 1. to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth: 2. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of INVESTIGATE is to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry. How to use investigate in a sentence.
The two officers were being investigated by the director of public prosecutions. [VERB noun] Police are still investigating how the accident happened. [VERB wh] [ Also VERB] Synonyms: examine, study, research, consider More Synonyms of investigate.
[intransitive, transitive] to carefully examine the facts of a situation, an event, a crime, etc. to find out the truth about it or how it happened. The FBI has been called in to investigate. the senior investigating officer. (informal) ‘What was that noise?’ ‘I'll go and investigate.’.
To investigate is to look into something systematically. If you don't understand how tornadoes work, for example, investigate the forces of wind and find out.
1. to search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail. 2. to examine the particulars of so as to learn about something hidden, unique, or complex, esp. in an attempt to find a motive, cause, or culprit: to investigate a murder.
Investigate definition: to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.. See examples of INVESTIGATE used in a sentence.
INVESTIGATE definition: to try to discover all the facts about something, especially a crime or accident: . Learn more.
THESAURUS investigate to try to find out the truth about something such as a crime, accident, or scientific problem Police are investigating an explosion in the city centre. The aim of the study is to investigate how climate change is affecting animal behaviour.
Definitions of 'investigate' 1. If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. [...] More. Conjugations of 'investigate' present simple: I investigate, you investigate [...] past simple: I investigated, you investigated [...] past participle: investigated.
