open investigation

noun

: a case that is still being investigated (as by the police)

We can't talk about the case. It's still an open investigation.

Examples of open investigation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Draper police declined to share further details about the open investigation at the time, and the report did not specifically name Mortensen as the victim. —Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026

Utah’s Draper City Police Department confirmed that there is an open investigation. —Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026

An open investigation centering on domestic assault, which may or may not involve a child, is very serious. —Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026

Multiple media reports inform that there is an open investigation following an incident involving ABC‘s new Bachelorette star and her ex, Dakota Mortensen, who has been featured on the Hulu reality series since its premiere. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for open investigation

• americanization
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• antidiscrimination
• bioaccumulation
• bioremediation
• compartmentalization
• contextualization
• copolymerization
• decriminalization
• dehumidification
• demilitarization
• demineralization