investigate
verb (used with object)
to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
am investigating
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present progressiveof investigate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As Humberside Police released more details, James Dick OBE - the King's representative for the county - said: "I am investigating the most appropriate way to recognise Mark Ratcliffe's selfless act of bravery".
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
“I am investigating how the positive result could have occurred and look forward to proving that I am a clean athlete,” she wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Now, at age 50 and a year after my father’s death, I am investigating the sport that he made famous.
From Washington Post
I am investigating at my own expense, at my own risk, out of curiosity only.
From Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by James P. Smythe
I am investigating in the abstract, and am determining what is in itself right and true.
From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by John Henry Newman
