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Investigation
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Investigation
/ɪnˌvestɪˈɡeɪʃən/
An inquiry to discover information about something, often to understand what happened.
Synonyms:
examination
inquiry
probe
inspection
scrutiny
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
The police started an
investigation
last night.
Our
investigation
found the missing keys in your room.
Etymology:
From Latin
investigatio
, from
investigare
, meaning
to trace out
or
to search into
, comprised of
in-
(in) and
vestigare
(to track, trace out).
Usage Statistics:
85 mentions per 1 million words
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