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overinvestigate

overinvestigate verb: to investigate excessively.

Verb

overinvestigate (third-person singular simple present overinvestigates, present participle overinvestigating, simple past and past participle overinvestigated)

  1. (transitive) To investigate excessively.

Forms of overinvestigate

third-person singular presentoverinvestigates
present participleoverinvestigating
past participleoverinvestigated
pastoverinvestigated

Origin of overinvestigate

From over- + investigate.

Questions about overinvestigate

What does overinvestigate mean?
Overinvestigate means to investigate excessively.
What part of speech is overinvestigate?
Overinvestigate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overinvestigate?
The past tense of overinvestigate is overinvestigated.

Words near overinvestigate in the dictionary

  1. overintimately
  2. overintricate
  3. overinventoried
  4. overinvest
  5. overinvested
  6. overinvestigate
  7. overinvestigated
  8. overinvestigates
  9. overinvestigating
  10. overinvestigation
  11. overinvesting

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