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[in-ves-ti-gey-shuhn]

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noun

the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.

a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English investigacio(u)n < Latin investīgātiōn- (stem of investīgātiō). See investigate, -ion

Related forms

in·ves·ti·ga·tion·al, adjective

pre·in·ves·ti·ga·tion, noun

re·in·ves·ti·ga·tion, noun

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.

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Example Sentences

But school officials and prosecutors disagree, and a continuing investigation is focusing on other schools and students.

The investigation reportedly revolved around allegations.

Four years after the investigation began there have still been no convictions.

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But school officials and prosecutors disagree, and a continuing investigation is focusing on other schools and students.

The investigation reportedly revolved around allegations.

Four years after the investigation began there have still been no convictions.

The investigation into the fatal accident led to major design changes for future launch vehicles.

Studying the genome of this lineage and comparing it with randomly selected bonobos might be a productive line of investigation.

It seems an obvious line of investigation that would put the anatomical arguments to rest.

None of this matters, however: the results of the federal prosecutors' investigation matters.

Kuzmin did not elaborate on the former president's precise role, saying only that the investigation was proceeding.

They disbursed money during the investigation as a necessary step in building the case.

The point of it all is to allow more precise investigation of how human gut bacteria work.

Carrion would not speculate about motives or suspects, saying only that the local prosecutor was conducting the investigation.

Investigation into fishing industry reveals a decade of violations.

The war crimes tribunal and the families of victims are anxiously awaiting the results of the investigation.

Officials then turned the phones over to the district attorney's office, which began a criminal investigation.

Almost nobody thinks the state capable of conducting an impartial investigation into such matters.

Explain that they will be performing an investigation in their groups.

Investigation of these cancers can help researchers to better understand the biology of the human forms.

Archaeologists continue their investigation of the landscape and plantation community.

The presence of so many watchers meant that authorities sometimes targeted the wrong person for investigation.

The type of deals potentially under investigation concern either small companies or small stakes in larger enterprises.

The government conducted an investigation and said it found no evidence of the killings.

The intense press coverage also led to serious investigation of the bystander effect by psychologists and sociologists.

It entertains by celebrating cultural traditions against a scrupulous investigation of their historical sources.

When the judge ruled the list bogus, a fresh investigation began into the false accusations.

We define it as a criminal investigation of people that need to be brought to justice.

And only last year it was faulted by regulators for failing to be co-operative in another investigation.

Third, the same kind of investigation needs to happen on the postcranium.

The safety agency first opened an investigation into the failures last year.

Officials of the college said they had reviewed the allegations and determined that further investigation was warranted.

Google is confident that the investigation will conclude it has done nothing wrong.

That's the finding of a two-year investigation into two species of.

Berkeley cites academic freedom and lack of evidence as it wraps up investigation over contentious paper.

Further investigation revealed how they're getting.

The raid was part of an investigation into the leak of.

Lobbyists and businessmen were also arrested in a wide-ranging investigation into bribery and corruption.

Politics and a federal grand-jury investigation have placed the construction.

At the site, the team quickly uncovered about six children's skeletons, and upon further investigation discovered many more.

Investigation claims dozens of social-psychology papers contain faked data.

It caps a six-month investigation by the committee, and it promises to be a doozy.

If their suspicions are correct, the group remains active in the country despite a concerted investigation and several arrests.

They need to prepare their investigation by carefully focusing on how they will approach this problem.

But the investigation raises questions about eBay itself.

The dismissal followed a university investigation of the shooting, but officials would not disclose their findings.

Some of the world's leading airlines are under investigation for alleged price-fixing by their cargo divisions.

Head into the lab for an in-depth investigation of genetics.

By contributing to furthering scientific investigation and possible worth while.

The new standard would authorize those records if the investigation concerned terrorism or spy activities.

Cuomo's continuing investigation into conflicts of interest in the student-loan.

Russia's president, have called for an investigation.

The goal of the investigation is to evaluate how well the shipwreck meets the criteria for national landmark status.

Deeper investigation required to identify the genuine agents of change in improving mortality rates.

They did not even bother to do an investigation before sending out the response that there were no known extraterrestrials.

Later investigation revealed those contents to be vitamins.

It was to compensate him for negligence in an investigation conducted by the university into an.

He is personally leading an investigation into the scandal.

The full investigation may take more than a year to complete.

It will be safer to await the investigation of the municipal engineers.

The investigation was further complicated by the nature of the victims:.

She reports the incident to the university police, and they conduct an investigation.

The investigation failed to provide enough evidence to form the basis of a case, however.

The reason for the violence remains a mystery, and investigation into the death continues, the aquarium added.

Hope to see more work by the scientists in this investigation.

He hopes that this investigation will draw attention to them.

Myers hopes his team's investigation of this historical site will contribute to a greater understanding of this time in history.

Closer investigation reveals that this is mainly confined to nonidentical, or fraternal.

He's also the subject of a federal investigation because his lab is federally funded.

Science isn't the results of investigation, it's the tenets that underlie the way investigation is undertaken.

Regardless, as long as this is an unidentified animal it is newsworthy and deserving of further investigation.

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World English Dictionary

investigation (ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən)

—n
	the act or process of investigating; a careful search or examination in order to discover facts, etc

investi'gational

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

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.

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