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

This affair which I am investigating is a delicate one, as you know.

From In Secret by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

"I am investigating the circumstances which attended the death of the late Sir Charles Baskerville," said he.

From The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir