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in⋅ves⋅ti⋅ga⋅tion
[in-ves-ti-gey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated. |
| 2. | a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME investigacio(u)n < L investīgātiōn- (s. of investīgātiō). See investigate, -ion
1400–50; late ME investigacio(u)n < L investīgātiōn- (s. of investīgātiō). See investigate, -ion
Related forms:
in⋅ves⋅ti⋅ga⋅tion⋅al, adjective
Synonyms:
1, 2. scrutiny, exploration. Investigation, examination, inquiry, research express the idea of an active effort to find out something. An investigation is a systematic, minute, and thorough attempt to learn the facts about something complex or hidden; it is often formal and official: an investigation of a bank failure. An examination is an orderly attempt to obtain information about or to make a test of something, often something presented for observation: a physical examination. An inquiry is an investigation made by asking questions rather than by inspection, or by study of available evidence: an inquiry into a proposed bond issue. Research is careful and sustained investigation.
1, 2. scrutiny, exploration. Investigation, examination, inquiry, research express the idea of an active effort to find out something. An investigation is a systematic, minute, and thorough attempt to learn the facts about something complex or hidden; it is often formal and official: an investigation of a bank failure. An examination is an orderly attempt to obtain information about or to make a test of something, often something presented for observation: a physical examination. An inquiry is an investigation made by asking questions rather than by inspection, or by study of available evidence: an inquiry into a proposed bond issue. Research is careful and sustained investigation.
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Investigation
In*ves`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. investigatio: cf. F. investigation.] The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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investigation
1436, from L. investigationem (nom. investigatio) "a searching into," from investigatus, pp. of investigare, from in- "in" + vestigare "to track, trace," from vestigium "footprint, track" (see vestige). Investigate is c.1510 back-formation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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