The farmer that lived nearby came to investigate.
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Investigate
/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/
Synonyms for "investigate" (301 found)
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Closest matches (61)
Adjective(5 words)
academic discipline researchacademic researchancient history studycomplete searchdigital era study
Noun(26 words)
acid base experimentaesthetics studyajaiaancient civilization studyanimal behavior studyanimal community structureart studyautopsiesautopsyingbackground checkbasic researchbe investigatedburrow marksburrowingcase study evidencechemical science researchclassroom organism studycolor motif studycombconduct linguistic analysis
Strong matches (90)
Verb(17 words)
Noun(47 words)
divesdivingearth systems studyecological network studyecosystem studyenquiryexhaustingexhaustsexperimentexperiment guidanceexperiment projectexperimentingexperimentsexploringferretingfrench tracefthmgropesgropinghuman development research
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hunthuntedinquiry basedinquiry cycleinquiry exerciseinquiry processinvestigatingjourneyinglaboratory experimentlanguage development studylesvosletalife span researchliving organism studylothal sitemake a tracemicroscopically observedmodel organism experimentmodel organism researchmollusk studymuckrakemuckrakesmuckrakingmyth studiesnetwork studyniffnon instructional approach
Adjective(8 words)
egyptian pyramids studyexhaustedexperiential studyflowering plant studyhistorical process tracinglinguistic development studylinguistic system studyliving subject
Determiner(2 words)
more foragingmost physical trace
Related words (150)
Verb(28 words)
perform experimentsplumbedpokedporedprobeprobedprove a hypothesisprowledpursuepursue goals vigorouslyquestedresearchscrutinizesearchedsnoopedstudiedstudied current eventsstudystudy a foreign tonguestudy marine life
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Adjective(6 words)
physical traceplanetary boundary studysustainable energy studytangible exploration taskunfamiliar conducturban policy studies
Noun(79 words)
plant growth experimentplumbspokespokingpollination network studypolygraphsprobe thrustprobesprobingprospectspry openquestquestingresearch allocationresearch bacteriologistresearch dataresearch fundsresearch projectresearch subjectresearch topic
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researchesresearchingrigorous studyscientific experimentscientific method stepsscientific studyscouringsearchsearchesseeksite studysleuthsleuthingsleuthssniffingsniffssnoopsnoopssociolinguistics studysoundingsource analysisspoorstudied artstudiesstudy art historystudy art techniquestudy habit formationstudy individuallystudy modern historystudy of humanitiesstudy of materialitystudy of motionstudy practicestudy processstudy resource for languagestudy routinestudy spanishstudy speciesstudy taskstudy topic ideasstudy typestudy variablestudy vocabulary itemsubject of researchtest hypothesistrace a figuretrace historytrace oftrace route outputtrace with fingertracingtracing ancestrytracing patterntroubleshootingurban ecology studiesviolent revolution studywhole organism level studywhole organism studyzebrafish study
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More general
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11 entriescase studydata analysisdata collectiondata reviewfact checkfield studylab experimentliterature reviewquality checksafety checksurvey analysis
Collocations
5 entriescareful investigationinvestigation datainvestigation planinvestigation resultsthorough investigation
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
17 total sentences available.
You should investigate the fact from a medical viewpoint.
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To investigate the incident would take us at least three weeks.
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We have to investigate the cause at any rate.
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