🔄 Synonyms of "Investigate"
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| Word | Definition |
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| look intoverb | (idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| look intoverb | (idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider. |
| researchverb | (uncountable, countable in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self). |
| scrutiniseverb | (transitive) To examine something with great care. |
| inspectverb | To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize. |
| researchingnoun | The act of carrying out research. |
| examineverb | To observe or inspect carefully or critically. |
| scrutinizeverb | (transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws. |
| detectverb | To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing. |
| examiningnoun | examination |
| probingnoun | The action of investigating or exploring. |
| surveyverb | To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire. |
| inquirynoun | The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. |
| examinationnoun | (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester. |
| enquirynoun | British form of inquiry. [The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.] |
| enquireverb | British English form of inquire. [(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).] |
| interrogateverb | (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner |
| inquireverb | (intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something). |
| fact-findingnoun | Designed to determine factual information; investigative. |
| testverb | To challenge, to put a strain on (something). |
| ascertainverb | (transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish. |
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