investigate
/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/[ɪnˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t]
investigate verb: to inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
Verb
investigate (third-person singular simple present investigates, present participle investigating, simple past and past participle investigated)
- To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
- to investigate the causes of natural phenomena
- He was asked to investigate a robbery.
- To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.
- to investigate an unsolved murder
- To conduct an inquiry or examination.
- "Why don't you investigate?" he demanded. And investigate I did.1903, Jack London, The Shadow and the Flash
investigate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
investigate in Hindi
- (''transitive'') to inquire into, study
- शोध करना śodh karnā
- (''transitive'') to examine
- जाँचना jā̃cnā, जाँच करना jā̃c karnā
- (''intransitive'') to conduct an inquiry or examination
- जाँचना jā̃cnā, जाँच करना jā̃c karnā
investigate in Tamil
- புலனாய்வு செய், ஆய்வு செய், ஆராய், சோதனை செய், கண்டறி, சோதி
investigate in Marathi
- to investigate
- खोदणे khodṇe
investigate in Urdu
- to investigate, verify
- جانچنا jā̃cnā
- to investigate
- کھودنا khodnā
More languagesFewer languages
- investigate in Bengali
- তদন্ত করা, তদারক করা, অবেক্ষণ করা, অন্বেষণ করা
- investigate in Telugu
- పరిశీలించు pariśīliñcu
- investigate in Malayalam
- അന്വേഷിക്കുക anvēṣikkuka
- investigate in Kannada
- ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸು, ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಮಾಡು, ತನಿಖೆ ಮಾಡು, ತಪಾಸಣೆ ಮಾಡು
- investigate in Punjabi
- ਪਡ਼ਤਾਲ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- investigate in Gujarati
- તપાસવું tapāsvũ
- investigate in Odia
- ତଦନ୍ତ କରିବା
- investigate in Malay
- siasat, mengkaji, menyelidiki
- investigate in Indonesian
- mengkaji, menyelidiki
- investigate in Thai
- สืบ sʉ̀ʉp, สืบสวน sʉ̀ʉp-sǔuan, สำรวจ sǎm-rùuat, สืบสาว
- investigate in Vietnamese
- điều tra
Examples of investigate in a sentence
- We investigated the presence of CNM in ornithophagous ticks from migrating birds.2015 July 25, “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ticks from Migrating Birds in Sweden”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- The current study investigates autoantibodies against steroid synthesis enzymes in dogs with spontaneous hypoadrenocorticism.2015 December 1, “Autoantibodies against Cytochrome P450 Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme in Dogs ( Canis lupus familiaris ) Affected with...
Synonyms of investigate
Forms of investigate
| third-person singular present | investigates |
|---|---|
| present participle | investigating |
| past participle | investigated |
| past | investigated |
Origin of investigate
Recorded since circa 1510, a back-formation from investigation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin investīgātiō (“a searching into”), from investīgātus, the perfect passive participle of investīgō, equivalent to in- + vestigate. Displaced native Old English undersēċan (literally “to search under or between”).
Words formed from investigate
Questions about investigate
- What does investigate mean?
- Investigate means to inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
- What is investigate in Hindi?
- Investigate in Hindi is शोध करना (śodh karnā), जाँचना (jā̃cnā), जाँच करना (jā̃c karnā). See Investigate meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use investigate in a sentence?
- We investigated the presence of CNM in ornithophagous ticks from migrating birds.
- What part of speech is investigate?
- Investigate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce investigate?
- Investigate is pronounced /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of investigate?
- The past tense of investigate is investigated.
Words near investigate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: investigate (page history and authors); investigate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खोदणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); جانچنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); investigate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അന്വേഷിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); investigate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); investigate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); તપાસવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); investigate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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