Nearby Words
verb (used with object)
1.
to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
2.
to search out and examine the particulars of in an attempt to learn the facts about something hidden, unique, or complex, especially in an attempt to find a motive, cause, or culprit: The police are investigating the murder.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make inquiry, examination, or investigation.
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Investigated
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1500–10; < Latin investīgātus, past participle of investīgāre to follow a trail, search out. See in-2, vestige, -ate1
1500–10; < Latin investīgātus, past participle of investīgāre to follow a trail, search out. See in-2, vestige, -ate1
Related forms
in·ves·ti·ga·tor, noun
pre·in·ves·ti·gate, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
pre·in·ves·ti·ga·tor, noun
qua·si-in·ves·ti·gat·ed, adjective
EXPANDre·in·ves·ti·gate, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
un·in·ves·ti·gat·ed, adjective
un·in·ves·ti·gat·ing, adjective
un·in·ves·ti·ga·tive, adjective
un·in·ves·ti·ga·to·ry, adjective
well-in·ves·ti·gat·ed, adjective
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