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investigator

Syllables: in·ves·ti·ga·tor/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.tɚ//ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/

investigator noun: one who investigates.

Noun

investigator (plural investigators)

  1. One who investigates.
    • That the Oath Keepers recording went uninvestigated by the FBI until after January 6 is an “additional piece of information that congressional investigators in particular on the January 6th committee and the other Homeland Security committees should be looking at to determine whether or not the FBI...2022 October 4, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, “Secret recording played at trial shows Oath Keepers allegedly planning for violence in DC”, in CNN
    • Over the past year, Hur was tasked with investigating classified documents found at Biden’s home and private office from his time as vice president. Hur was seen as a meticulous investigator during the probe, sources told CNN.2024 March 11, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Paula Reid, “Capitol Hill hearing puts Robert Hur, investigator behind Biden classified documents probe, back in the spotlight”, in CNN

investigator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

investigator in Hindi

one who investigates
जाँचकर्ता jā̃ckartā, अन्वेषक anveṣak

investigator in Tamil

புலனாய்வாளர், விசாரணை செய்பவர்

investigator in Marathi

तपासकर्ता, तपासनीस, तपासक

investigator in Urdu

one who investigates
کھوجی khojī, تَفْتِیش کار taftīś kār, تَحْقِیق کُنِنْدَہ tahqīq kuninda
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investigator in Bengali
তদন্তকারী todontokari, অনুসন্ধায়ক onuśondhaẏok
investigator in Telugu
ఇన్వెస్టిగేటర్
investigator in Malayalam
അനേഷകൻ, പരിശോധനകൻ, പരിശോധനാധികാരി, വിചാരകൻ
investigator in Kannada
ಅರಸಿಗ
investigator in Punjabi
ਜਾਂਚਕਰਤਾ, ਜਾਂਚ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
investigator in Gujarati
તપાસકર્તા, તપાસ કરનાર, તપાસનીસ
investigator in Odia
ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନକାରୀ, ତଦନ୍ତକାରୀ
investigator in Nepali
अन्वेषक, जाँचकर्ता
investigator in Arabic
مُحَقِّق muḥaqqiq, مُحَقِّقَة muḥaqqiqa, مُفَتِّش mufattiš, مُفَتِّشَة mufattiša
investigator in Malay
penyiasat
investigator in Indonesian
penyidik, penyelidik
investigator in Thai
ผู้สอบสวน pûu-sɔ̀ɔp-sǔuan
investigator in Vietnamese
người điều tra

Examples of investigator in a sentence

  • Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
  • In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.
  • The investigators tried to pinpoint the source of the flames.

All 40 example sentences with investigator

Synonyms of investigator

All synonyms of investigator

Forms of investigator

pluralinvestigators

Plural of investigator: investigators

Origin of investigator

Attested in the mid‐16th century; from Latin investigator, from investigare, equivalent to investigate + -or.

Words formed from investigator

Questions about investigator

What does investigator mean?
Investigator means one who investigates.
What is investigator in Hindi?
Investigator in Hindi is जाँचकर्ता (jā̃ckartā), अन्वेषक (anveṣak). See Investigator meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is investigator?
Investigator is a noun.
How do you pronounce investigator?
Investigator is pronounced /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/ (UK).
What is the plural of investigator?
The plural of investigator is investigators.

Words near investigator in the dictionary

  1. investigative
  2. investigative journalism
  3. investigative journalist
  4. investigative journalists
  5. investigatively
  6. investigator
  7. investigatorial
  8. investigatorily
  9. investigators
  10. investigatory
  11. investigatress

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: investigator (page history and authors); investigator (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); investigator (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); অনুসন্ধায়ক (Bengali) (page history and authors); investigator (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); investigator (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); investigator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); investigator (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); investigator (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); investigator (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); investigator (Nepali, 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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