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Recent Examples of investigated
The highway was closed for several hours Saturday night as troopers investigated the crash.
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Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
The state police also investigated the allegations against Aaron Hernandez.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Right now, Andrew is being investigated, but remains free.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Apr. 2026
While The Athletic initially defended Russini, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that the journalist was being investigated.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill has written to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office asking that the circumstances of the closure be investigated.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Hundreds of Korean adoptees in the West have already requested that their cases be investigated by a fact-finding commission reviewing past human rights violations.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
The Charity Commission for England and Wales investigated and criticized both sides for allowing the issue to become public and damaging the organization’s reputation, but found no evidence of widespread bullying or misogyny at Sentebale.
—Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The famed African American journalist investigated lynchings across the South and wrote about the savage incidents that the white press had already explained away.
—Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
The state police also investigated the allegations against Aaron Hernandez.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Right now, Andrew is being investigated, but remains free.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Apr. 2026
While The Athletic initially defended Russini, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that the journalist was being investigated.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill has written to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office asking that the circumstances of the closure be investigated.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Hundreds of Korean adoptees in the West have already requested that their cases be investigated by a fact-finding commission reviewing past human rights violations.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
The Charity Commission for England and Wales investigated and criticized both sides for allowing the issue to become public and damaging the organization’s reputation, but found no evidence of widespread bullying or misogyny at Sentebale.
—Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The famed African American journalist investigated lynchings across the South and wrote about the savage incidents that the white press had already explained away.
—Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigated
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The unanticipated consequences of transformational change are energetically explored in Jude’s films.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The director previously explored the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in short film Lyiza which played at the Tribeca Film Festival.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The investigation reportedly examined additional texts from Chavez-DeRemer and her deputy chief of staff asking other staffers to purchase wine for the Cabinet secretary.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The civil society organization’s latest report examined whether reintroducing combustion into the EU ETS—a key policy mechanism for achieving the EU’s climate objectives—would cause a resurgence in landfill use across the continent.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Investigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigated. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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