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Detailed Synonyms for investigate in English

investigate:

to investigate verb (investigates, investigated, investigating)

  1. to investigate
    to research
    – inquire into 1
    • research verb (researches, researched, researching)
      • the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project1
    to investigate; study
  2. to investigate
    to check; to affirm; to investigate; to check out; to trace; to go through again
    • check verb (checks, checked, checking)
    • affirm verb (affirms, affirmed, affirming)
    • investigate verb (investigates, investigated, investigating)
    • check out verb (checks out, checked out, checking out)
    • trace verb (traces, traced, tracing)
    • go through again verb (goes through again, went through again, going through again)
  3. to investigate
    nose around; to investigate; ferret around; to nose about; to browse; to hunt; ferret about; to search
  4. to investigate
    sniff around; to investigate; to search for
    to research
    – attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner 1
    • research verb (researches, researched, researching)
      • The student researched the history of that word1
  5. to investigate
    to investigate
    • investigate verb (investigates, investigated, investigating)
  6. to investigate
    – conduct an inquiry or investigation of 1
    to inquire; to investigate; enquire
    – conduct an inquiry or investigation of 1
    • inquire verb (inquires, inquired, inquiring)
      • inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady1
    • investigate verb (investigates, investigated, investigating)
      • The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities1
    • enquire verb
  7. to investigate
    – investigate scientifically 1
    to investigate; to look into
    – investigate scientifically 1
    • investigate verb (investigates, investigated, investigating)
      • Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese1
    • look into verb (looks into, looked into, looking into)

Conjugations for investigate:

present
  1. investigate
  2. investigate
  3. investigates
  4. investigate
  5. investigate
  6. investigate
simple past
  1. investigated
  2. investigated
  3. investigated
  4. investigated
  5. investigated
  6. investigated
present perfect
  1. have investigated
  2. have investigated
  3. has investigated
  4. have investigated
  5. have investigated
  6. have investigated
past continuous
  1. was investigating
  2. were investigating
  3. was investigating
  4. were investigating
  5. were investigating
  6. were investigating
future
  1. shall investigate
  2. will investigate
  3. will investigate
  4. shall investigate
  5. will investigate
  6. will investigate
continuous present
  1. am investigating
  2. are investigating
  3. is investigating
  4. are investigating
  5. are investigating
  6. are investigating
subjunctive
  1. be investigated
  2. be investigated
  3. be investigated
  4. be investigated
  5. be investigated
  6. be investigated
diverse
  1. investigate!
  2. let's investigate!
  3. investigated
  4. investigating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "investigate":

  1. conduct an inquiry or investigation of1
    • The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities1
  2. investigate scientifically1
    • Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese1