investigation
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2.9
- noun
- /ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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investigación
- Policies are needed to improve cancer screening, diagnostic investigations, and treatment access among low-income Americans.
- further investigation
- warrants further investigation
- conduct an investigation
Not the first time he's interfered with an FBI investigation, I think.
- Not the first time he's interfered with an FBI investigation, I think.
- Well, look, this investigation began under David Weiss.
- And spoiler alert, our investigation involves green potatoes.
- The case is going to require investigation both, as I said, of the crime.
- Because Amazon is under investigation by the FEC.
- I mean, really drives the story and and the investigation that he does.
- After a renewed investigation, they have an accused suspect.
- And now instead, he's under investigation for obstruction.
- So the college conducted a fake investigation and then fired him.
- All kinds of all kinds of searches, all kinds of investigations, nothing.
- So why, why wasn't there an investigation and why wasn't he nicked?
- But they like, why isn't there a criminal investigation into this, right?
- But they do more than this, going well beyond mere investigation and illustration.
- So now it's sentencing day and my pre sentence investigation comes back clean.
Examples
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The police launched an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.
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They had been requested as part of Congress's investigation into the murder of nearly 3,000 Americans... on September 11, 2001.
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So yeah, as you know, the investigation gave no leads.
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And it started a whole investigation, both civil and criminal.
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I want you to keep that investigation on track.
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The social worker will interview the family, and the investigation will be largely out of your hands.
Academic text (2011) -
Referral to social services is usually followed by an investigation, and often a case conference.
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After a renewed investigation, they have an accused suspect.
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The suspect's in custody, but they're not releasing any information until they complete their investigation.
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Police Commissioner Carl Fairbanks, a personal friend of Andrews, says the investigation will receive the department's highest priority.
Synonyms
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3.4
Careful study of something by breaking it into parts to understand
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4.4
An official investigation into a serious public matter
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5.5
A close, careful look at something to find mistakes or problems
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5.5
An official investigation into suspected wrongdoing or serious problems
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2.3
Careful study of something to find problems or details
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3.3
To study a subject carefully to learn more about it
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4.7
A careful investigation to find the truth
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4.1
A detailed look at a topic to learn more about it
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3.5
A careful study that looks at all parts of something
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3.0
The act of looking carefully at something to find facts
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7.1
The process of finding out if something is true
A careful, close look at something to find small details
A careful study of something in detail to understand it
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.8
A formal process by police to find facts and catch people who did the crime
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3.7
A United States government agency that investigates serious crimes and enforces federal law
The United States Army unit that investigates serious crimes involving soldiers worldwide
An agency that investigates crimes by members of the United States Army worldwide
The main Army lab that tests evidence for criminal cases
A laboratory in the United States Army that tests evidence to help criminal investigations
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
investigation = investigate (transparent) = investigate + ion
The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'investigate' using the productive suffix '-ion', so learners who know 'investigate' can predict the meaning.
Etymology
The word investigation comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and vestigium 'footprint' or 'trace'. Think of investigators following footprints to find the truth, so an investigation is a careful search for the facts.