'Investigate' definitions:
Definition of 'investigate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese" [syn: investigate, look into]
verb
Definition of 'Investigate'
From: GCIDE
- Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. i. To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Investigate'
From: GCIDE
- Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Investigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Investigating.] [L. investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in- in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige.] To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'investigate'
From: Moby 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
Words containing 'Investigate'
- Investigable,
- Investigated,
- Investigating,
- Investigation,
- Investigative,
- Investigator,
- police investigation,
- principal investigator,
- private investigator,
- criminal investigation command,
- federal bureau of investigation,
- u.s. army criminal investigation laboratory,
- us army criminal investigation laboratory,
- united states army criminal investigation laboratory