investigative
/ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/
investigative adjective: of or pertaining to investigation or an investigation.
Adjective
investigative (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to investigation or an investigation.
- RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32
- Synonyms:
- investigatory
- Inquisitive; curious.
investigative meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
investigative in Tamil
- ஆராயும், கண்டறியும், புலனறி
investigative in Urdu
- تحقیقی, تفتیشی
investigative in Bengali
- অনুসন্ধানমূলক, তদন্ত, অনুসন্ধানের সঙ্গে সম্পর্কিত
investigative in Telugu
- పరిశోధనాత్మకం, పరిశోధనాత్మక
More languagesFewer languages
- investigative in Odia
- ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନାତ୍ମକ
Examples of investigative in a sentence
- The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.
- Some newspapers are afraid to do hard-hitting investigative journalism. But this newspaper doesn't run from a fight.
- I managed to carve out a niche for myself in the world of investigative journalism.
Synonyms of investigative
Origin of investigative
From investigate + -ive.
Words formed from investigative
Phrases with investigative
Questions about investigative
- What does investigative mean?
- Investigative means of or pertaining to investigation or an investigation.
- What is investigative in Tamil?
- Investigative in Tamil is ஆராயும், கண்டறியும், புலனறி. See Investigative meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is investigative?
- Investigative is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce investigative?
- Investigative is pronounced /ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/.
Words near investigative in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: investigative (page history and authors); investigative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); investigative (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); investigative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); investigative (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); investigative (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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