Investigate

Verb

 * 1)  To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
 * 2)  To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.
 * 3)  To conduct an inquiry or examination.
 * 4) * 1903, Jack London, "The Shadow and the Flash,"
 * "Why don't you investigate?" he demanded. And investigate I did.

Related terms

 * investigability
 * investigable
 * investigation
 * investigational


 * investigative
 * investigator
 * investigatory

Adverbs for Investigate
promptly; personally; intensively; duly; vigorously; anatomically; tediously; assiduously; tranquilly; legislatively; analytically; diligently; intellectually; comprehensively; judicially; conclusively; abstractly; inquisitively; physiologically; methodically; aimlessly.

Thesaurus
air, analyze, canvass, comment upon, consider, controvert, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, delve into, dig into, discourse about, discuss, examine, exchange views, explore, fathom, go, go into, handle, indagate, inquire into, knock around, look into, pass under review, peer into, plumb, poke into, probe, pry, pry into, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, research, review, scrutinize, search into, sift, sound, study, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, thresh out, treat, ventilate, winnow

Etymology
Recorded since circa 1510, a back-formation from investigation, from investigatio "a searching into", from investigatus, the past participle of investigare, itself from in- "in(to)" + vestigare "to track, trace" (from vestigium "footprint, track", of unknown origin)

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * French:
 * German: untersuchen, erforschen, recherchieren
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 調べる (しらべる, shiraberu), 調査する (ちょうさする, chōsasuru)
 * Polish: prowadzić dochodzenie
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Telugu: పరిశీలించు (pariSeelinchu)


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: onderzoeken, een onderzoek instellen, uitzoeken
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 調べる (しらべる, shiraberu), 検査する (けんさする, kensasuru)


 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: examinar
 * Swahili: ,
 * Telugu: పరిశీలించు (pariSeelinchu)


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: een onderzoek voeren


 * Italian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili: ,


 * : enquêter, rechercher


 * : 조사하다

Verb
investigate