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to search through or into
experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem
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Recent Examples of investigated
As officers arrived and investigated, additional gunfire was discharged from both outside and inside an apartment toward them.
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Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
The case is now being investigated as a homicide.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Police have not indicated whether the test results have come back, who owns the dogs or if there are more dogs possibly being investigated.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Two Maryland high schoolers investigated the challenges LGBTQ students face in scouting.
—Steve Drummond, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Forbes once again investigated the lifetime philanthropic giving of every member of The Forbes 400.
—Ella Malmgren, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
His death was being investigated by the National Park Service alongside the Coconino County Medical Examiner, according to fire command.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
However, the cause is still being investigated.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Authorities in Nevada are appealing for the public's help to identify a man whose death at this year's Burning Man festival is being investigated as a homicide.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
The case is now being investigated as a homicide.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Police have not indicated whether the test results have come back, who owns the dogs or if there are more dogs possibly being investigated.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Two Maryland high schoolers investigated the challenges LGBTQ students face in scouting.
—Steve Drummond, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Forbes once again investigated the lifetime philanthropic giving of every member of The Forbes 400.
—Ella Malmgren, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
His death was being investigated by the National Park Service alongside the Coconino County Medical Examiner, according to fire command.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
However, the cause is still being investigated.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Authorities in Nevada are appealing for the public's help to identify a man whose death at this year's Burning Man festival is being investigated as a homicide.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigated
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If that obsession had died down as the months went by, it was rekindled in November when House leaders explored the topic of UFOs once more.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Romvari cut her teeth with documentaries that also have explored her familial history, and this feels like a culmination of that work.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the new study, researchers examined bone marrow stem cells donated by patients undergoing hip replacement surgery.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Insurance is becoming more expensive with fewer options A 2025 report from the Treasury Department examined insurance data trends from 330 insurers, covering more than 246 million homeowners insurance policies across the country from 2018 to 2022.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Investigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigated. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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