investigate
verb (used with object)
to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
investigatory
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a word derived from
investigate.
Example Sentences
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And as Schiltz wrote, the Justice Department “struggled—without success—to identify a single plausible investigatory justification” for its subpoenas.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
The next day, Fox was called into an investigatory meeting with senior managers and suspended.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
That order prevented the public release of Smith’s investigatory findings.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
There are good reasons of privacy and unfair guilt by association not to dump hundreds of thousands of pages of raw FBI investigatory files into the public arena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Footnote 21-7: Not everyone supporting the idea of an investigatory committee was necessarily an advocate of Yarmolinsky's theories.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
