as in to explore
to search through or into
experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem
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Recent Examples of investigate
Authorities began investigating after the man's daughter reported suspicious activity to his credit union.
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Detectives with the department’s Major Collision Investigation Unit are continuing to review video footage and investigate the involvement of a second vehicle.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The highway patrol’s Division of Drug Crime Control is investigating.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
The case was investigated by Michigan State Police.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Detectives with the department’s Major Collision Investigation Unit are continuing to review video footage and investigate the involvement of a second vehicle.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The highway patrol’s Division of Drug Crime Control is investigating.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
The case was investigated by Michigan State Police.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigate
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The researchers now plan to explore how these conditions influence the breakdown of OPEs and other emerging pollutants.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Crawford explores the lines between blood and flower, between histories, inevitabilities, and possibilities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some of the sites that CNN examined have less obvious visual clues tying them to missile production.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The researchers focused on lithium aluminum alloys and examined how lithium ions navigate two internal phases, known as the lithium-rich beta phase and the lithium-poor alpha phase.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Investigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigate. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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