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Recent Examples of investigative
Parker Thayer, an investigative researcher at the Capital Research Center, told the Washington Examiner that Bowers’s ouster should be viewed as a warning sign.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
Dinner recently completed a months-long investigative report.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Efrat Lachter is an investigative reporter and war correspondent.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The details from at least two Top Dog SARs appear in a broader investigative memorandum requested in 2017 by the Cyprus Unit for Combating Money Laundering, or MOKAS.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The film’s trailer, released today, shows Knight and his investigative team, including co-producers Fiona Turner and Terri Lichstein, retracing photographers’ steps that day in Vietnam, both on the ground and through a 3D recreation of the scene on the road to Trảng Bàng, where the napalm fell.
—Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Dyer's performance as the curious and courageous elder sister of Mike Wheeler offered the show an investigative thread.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Kenny Jacoby is an investigative reporter for USA TODAY who covers issues in sports, higher education and law enforcement.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Homeland Security Investigations, the department's investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
Dinner recently completed a months-long investigative report.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Efrat Lachter is an investigative reporter and war correspondent.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The details from at least two Top Dog SARs appear in a broader investigative memorandum requested in 2017 by the Cyprus Unit for Combating Money Laundering, or MOKAS.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The film’s trailer, released today, shows Knight and his investigative team, including co-producers Fiona Turner and Terri Lichstein, retracing photographers’ steps that day in Vietnam, both on the ground and through a 3D recreation of the scene on the road to Trảng Bàng, where the napalm fell.
—Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Dyer's performance as the curious and courageous elder sister of Mike Wheeler offered the show an investigative thread.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Kenny Jacoby is an investigative reporter for USA TODAY who covers issues in sports, higher education and law enforcement.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Homeland Security Investigations, the department's investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigative
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Over six hours after the blade was detected, an exploratory laparotomy was performed on Fulcher to remove his entire colon.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Other nations, including Iran and Israel, have also made claims or begun exploratory work.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Industry analysts warn that social stigma remains high and inflation threatens to curb spending on experimental, nonessential goods.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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In an interview with Interesting Engineering, UEL researcher Daehyun Kim explained that SCARABS focuses on exploration reliability rather than experimental payloads.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That could mean more call-ups are on the way from the developmental brand.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Through amendments, the board ultimately restored minimal funding for eviction legal support, farmers' market FoodShare matching and support for families with children with disabilities or developmental delays.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This request is denied since these holes in the factual record, where defendants hold the pertinent backup evidence—should such evidence exist—are actually probative in assessing the reliability and accuracy, or lack thereof, of other representations by defendants about their actions more broadly.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ultimately, the appeals court affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction to Hecox, but vacated the injunction applied to the rest of the state.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Jan. 2026
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He’s scheduled to have a preliminary hearing on Monday.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
10 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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