Investigate

Word INVESTIGATE
Character 11
Hyphenation in ves ti gate
Pronunciations [ɪn.ˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t]

Definitions and meanings of "Investigate"

What do we mean by investigate?

To observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically. intransitive verb

To make a detailed inquiry or systematic examination. intransitive verb

To search into or search out; inquire into; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail: as, to investigate the forces of nature; to investigate the causes of natural phenomena; to investigate the conduct of an agent.

Synonyms To scrutinize, overhaul, sift, probe into, explore, study.

To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition. transitive verb

To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation. intransitive verb

To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. verb

To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret. verb

To conduct an inquiry or examination. verb

Investigate scientifically verb

Conduct an inquiry or investigation of verb

To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.

To conduct an inquiry or examination.

In a typical adventuring team, the investigator covers research and tactical evaluation Urban Dictionary

A investigator alligator determined to solve swamp crimes everywhere! Urban Dictionary

1. To creep on or stalk someone of the opposite sexes facebook page. 2. To refresh a close friend's page over and over just in case something changed on their profile in the past 10 seconds. Urban Dictionary

A form of journalism where in some countries the journalist returns in a box. As the writer of Cabbie Homicide with a blog entry shared a link about those who are whistle blowers as they speak out against corruption. This form has a much darker side, as these journalists have to have the stones to get in the heads of convicted killers, rapists, infant-rapers, and face down cults. There's no funeral plan for investigative as their severance pay is often paying for a coffin and their proper funeral in certain countries. The Cabbie Homicide combined macabre elements of Gothic Horror, strong language of Gonzo Journalism and the dialog driven narrative then drew from the Glenbard East newspaper that covered the subjects upon a month before he graduated. He later found the articles covered by Chicago Tribune's Art Barnum which he was reporting on the subject for a good part of a year. Tampa Bay Times had a report on L. Ron Hubbard's brood as they addressed mental illness on a local level. It was noted he did this entirely from memory though some accused him of being a fabulist until he said the subject was in his 7th grade homeroom at Marquardt. August Derleth introduced a fictional investigative named Tex Harrigan in the 1950s as the comic strips had Brenda Starr as the comic was featured in The Chicago Tribune. Urban Dictionary

To find out details about somebody's life by looking at their myspace. Urban Dictionary

A euphemism for Facebook stalking. Urban Dictionary

The worse possible project an IB student can be assigned. This enormously long and difficult project must be completed as part of the IB Topics of the 20th Century history course, or else you fail. It involves answering a specific research question of interest (well, really, who gives a fuck?) and poring through books and journal articles on the subject, therefore wasting an enormous part of the time you DON'T have as an IB student. Urban Dictionary

An alternate self created by a pot head who has gotten to high and decided to make himself a new personality. This person may try and ruin your life just for 'the lols' Urban Dictionary

A person who uses specialized equipment to investigate and research various types of paranormal occurences Urban Dictionary

Done a shit load of this Even before the spiritual reawakening As I said .. Sketchy behaviour Poses questions Sometimes you have to fuck yourself To get said answers … But … as long as you do Maybe even worthy of the sacrifice Luckily god/ spirt allows for mistakes .. chastity and atonement …. Like for those who actually have a sense of decency and regret … Urban Dictionary

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The word "investigate" in example sentences

His object was, to investigate the causes of this Grecian superiority; or, if _investigate_ is too pompous a word for so slight a discussion, more properly, he inquired for the cause as something that must naturally lie upon the surface. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

Yes the Kean Commission did "investigate" 9/11, and the word investigate is used in the loosest definition of the word. ❋ Rachel (2006)

Note that for some reason, despite having British forces accused of beating to death a captive foreign civilian — a war crime by any definition — the British, and world opinion, are quite content to let Britain investigate this on its own — no calls for a UN, NATO or ICC investigation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The list of things that a capital defense attorney must, in all situations and no matter what he thinks will actually be useful, investigate is getting longer and longer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(They know their references — one of the addresses they investigate is on Plissken Circle.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Possibly a better avenue to investigate is the effectiveness of drugs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

 The next morning, she flies away to once again investigate her origins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Something I am starting to investigate is the historical Wobblie movement. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also, the fact that "we could investigate" is irrelevant because right now you don't know what the outcome of the investigation would be. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In theory, the only person with a chance of getting the Press Complaints Commission to investigate is Simon Hughes himself. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Investigating, in this context (and the word investigate has other meanings, including in science ...) is, then, to determine the authorship and facts pertaining to the offense. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Nor are the inhabitants of this state controllable by any other laws than those to which they, or their representative body, have given their consent." footnote #3: the word investigate is derived from the Latin word investigare of "to trace out".

Likewise, Paul doesn't have to investigate the meaning of the Greek words he uses since he already knows what he meant by them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Powell was the first to "investigate" -- and cover up -- the My Lai massacre. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the next breath he explains, "The word 'investigate' comes from the Latin vestigium …. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Not everyone would go with the 9th Circuit, which also found that “free passwords” wasn’t a red flag, because the passwords could have been fake or promotional; the only party with a burden to investigate is the copyright owner. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

You two were the first two public officials in the country who were willing to do more than "investigate" - who actually took action. ❋ Richard Zombeck (2011)

investigator: [hold on]. [I know] it's [weakness]... ❋ Spaz De Kat (2009)

InvestiGator: I wonder, who owns this [swamp]. [Shrek]: This is mah swamp! InvenstiGator: Looks like I [solved] another mystery! ❋ FabledEnigma (2014)

Guy comment: Hey yo girl! Girl comment: That's the fifth comment today! Stop [creeping on] my profile! Guy [rebuttal]: I'm not creeping, I'm just trying to [investigate]! ❋ Ozzie69 (2010)

[Investigative journalism] within the realms of wordpress bloggers is a way to fight back with those who are fanfiction writers who guise themselves as journalists and cite their sources as Encyclopedia Dramatiaca and [Fandom Wank]. The [Cabbie] Homicide writer points out to those who write in the fandom of Early Edition that the original writer employs techniques of narrative journalism into the framework of the fictionalized Chicago Sun-Times. ❋ Illinoishorrorman (2018)

"I was [wondering] if Joe was still dating [Jane], so I did some myspace investigation and found out they [broke up]." ❋ Lc30890 (2008)

A: "Are you [creeping on] that chick from the part last night on Facebook?" B: "[Nah dude], I'm just doing some [investigative Facebooking]." ❋ Ssstttuarrrrt (2011)

I hate the [historical investigation]. It shouldn't have [the FIVE] parts it contains, but rather be a single paper in which we are allowed to write more than [2000] words--if we need to ❋ Fuckmylife22003 (2010)

'Guess who just sent [nudes] to [my dad] for the lols' 'Andrew?' 'No, [Investigator] Andrew' ❋ CautionSteve (2012)

i [thought] [my house] may be [haunted] so i called a paranormal investigator ❋ FightinIrish (2005)

Paranormal investigation… this does not need investigation it’s all around us and some people [lap it up] … like cats and a [saucer] of [milk] … ❋ LetsTalkAboutX (2023)

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