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Recent Examples of investigative
For a story that could be this dark, what a gift to be able to recount some of these things, but with a tone that doesn’t need to be wildly investigative and uncomfortable and unsettling.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Hill, an investigative journalist and news anchor at Jonesboro TV station KAIT, was a pioneering documentary filmmaker dedicated to sharing Arkansas’ history with a wider public.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
Despite this, Balaji’s family has continued to dispute the suicide finding, alleging investigative lapses, possible deleted or missing surveillance footage, and a lack of transparency from officials.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Mason reiterated on Thursday that those individuals have since faced undue harassment and threats, and urged the public to be patient with the investigative process.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
But investigative efforts intensified in spring 2023 after authorities got a tip about a possible murder weapon in the case.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Stephanie Kuzydym is an enterprise and investigative sports reporter.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Mason urged the public to cease harassment of the two people and have patience with the investigative process.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Hill, an investigative journalist and news anchor at Jonesboro TV station KAIT, was a pioneering documentary filmmaker dedicated to sharing Arkansas’ history with a wider public.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
Despite this, Balaji’s family has continued to dispute the suicide finding, alleging investigative lapses, possible deleted or missing surveillance footage, and a lack of transparency from officials.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Mason reiterated on Thursday that those individuals have since faced undue harassment and threats, and urged the public to be patient with the investigative process.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
But investigative efforts intensified in spring 2023 after authorities got a tip about a possible murder weapon in the case.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Stephanie Kuzydym is an enterprise and investigative sports reporter.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Mason urged the public to cease harassment of the two people and have patience with the investigative process.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigative
Adjective
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Bringing samples of the rock home is very much on NASA’s exploratory agenda.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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First, exploratory roundtables with UK directors across sectors, identifying how executives thought about GenAI—what excited them, what worried them.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The experiment provided important experimental data and technical support through long-term operation tests and physical research.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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These new additions transform staking from an experimental concept to a real-world product of regulated finance.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rinzel has already been hit up by some of the other prospects for his perspective on rookie camp, on the climb to the NHL and the developmental process, on how to play with aggression and the confidence to make plays rather than with hesitation and the fear of making mistakes.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The redshirt sophomore is part of a position group that is growing in depth and has experience with USC’s developmental process.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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Weinstein's lawyers argued before the trial that use of such testimony is more prejudicial than probative, but the judge who presided over the trial decided to allow it following a secret hearing.—
Maria Puente,
USA TODAY,
2 June 2022
Adjective
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But officials expressed caution due to the preliminary nature of the investigation.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Whether the preliminary August reading of an anemic 22,000 jobs added to the economy holds true remains to be seen.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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