The farmer that lived nearby came to investigate.
Source: tatoeba (18672)
Investigate
//ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "investigate" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
146 translations across 42 languages.
Basque
1 entries- aztertu verb (to examine)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изследвам verb (to inquire into, study)
- проучвам verb (to inquire into, study)
- разследвам verb (to examine)
- разследвам verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Catalan
3 entries- investigar verb (to inquire into, study)
- investigar verb (to examine)
- investigar verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 調查 /调查 verb (to inquire into, study)
Czech
4 entries- pátrat verb (to examine)
- vyšetřit verb (to examine)
- vyšetřovat verb (to examine)
- vyšetřovat verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Danish
4 entries- efterforske verb (to examine)
- udrede verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- undersøge verb (to inquire into, study)
- undersøge verb (to examine)
Dutch
4 entries- bekijken verb (to inquire into, study)
- bestuderen verb (to inquire into, study)
- bestuderen verb (to inquire into, study)
- een onderzoek instellen verb (to examine)
Esperanto
1 entries- enketi verb (to examine)
Finnish
4 entries- selvittää verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- tutkia verb (to inquire into, study)
- tutkia verb (to examine)
- tutkia verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
French
3 entries- enquêter verb (to examine)
- enquêter verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- étudier verb (to inquire into, study)
Galician
1 entries- investigar verb (to inquire into, study)
German
4 entries- erforschen verb (to inquire into, study)
- ermitteln verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- recherchieren verb (to inquire into, study)
- untersuchen verb (to inquire into, study)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 verb (to inquire into, study)
Greek
1 entries- ερευνώ verb (to examine)
Hindi
4 entries- जाँच करना verb (to examine)
- जाँच करना verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- जाँचना verb (to examine)
- जाँचना verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Hungarian
4 entries- kivizsgál verb (to examine)
- kutat verb (to inquire into, study)
- megvizsgál verb (to inquire into, study)
- nyomoz verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Indonesian
3 entries- mengkaji verb (to inquire into, study)
- menyelidiki verb (to inquire into, study)
- menyelidiki verb (to examine)
Italian
4 entries- indagare verb (to inquire into, study)
- indagare verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- investigare verb (to inquire into, study)
- investigare verb (to examine)
Japanese
4 entries- 検査する verb (to examine)
- 調べる verb (to inquire into, study)
- 調べる verb (to examine)
- 調査する verb (to inquire into, study)
Khmer
1 entries- ពិរុទ្ធ verb (to examine)
Korean
1 entries- 조사하다 verb (to inquire into, study)
Latin
4 entries- aspicio verb (to inquire into, study)
- aspicio verb (to examine)
- aspicio verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- indago verb (to inquire into, study)
Malay
4 entries- mengkaji verb (to examine)
- mengkaji verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- menyelidiki verb (to examine)
- siasat verb (to inquire into, study)
Maltese
1 entries- investiga verb (to inquire into, study)
Māori
4 entries- mātai verb (to inquire into, study)
- mātaki verb (to inquire into, study)
- rangahau verb (to inquire into, study)
- tūhura verb (to inquire into, study)
Navajo
1 entries- naʼałkaah verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ettersøke verb (to examine)
- undersøke verb (to inquire into, study)
Occitan
3 entries- investigar verb (to inquire into, study)
- investigar verb (to examine)
- investigar verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كشف ایتمك verb (to inquire into, study)
- كشف ایتمك verb (to examine)
Polish
3 entries- badać verb (to examine)
- prowadzić dochodzenie verb (to inquire into, study)
- zbadać verb (to examine)
Portuguese
4 entries- examinar verb (to examine)
- investigar verb (to inquire into, study)
- investigar verb (to examine)
- investigar verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Romanian
1 entries- investiga verb (to inquire into, study)
Russian
4 entries- изуча́ть verb (to examine)
- изучи́ть verb (to examine)
- иссле́довать verb (to inquire into, study)
- рассле́довать verb (to inquire into, study)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- rannsaich verb (to inquire into, study)
- rannsaich verb (to examine)
- rannsaich verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Spanish
4 entries- examinar verb (to examine)
- indagar verb (to inquire into, study)
- indagar verb (to examine)
- investigar verb (to inquire into, study)
Swahili
3 entries- chunguza verb (to inquire into, study)
- chunguza verb (to examine)
- chunguza verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Swedish
4 entries- undersöka verb (to inquire into, study)
- undersöka verb (to examine)
- utreda verb (to examine)
- utreda verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
Telugu
2 entries- పరిశీలించు verb (to inquire into, study)
- పరిశీలించు verb (to examine)
Thai
4 entries- สอบสวน verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- สำรวจ verb (to inquire into, study)
- สืบ verb (to inquire into, study)
- สืบสวน verb (to inquire into, study)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дослі́джувати verb (to inquire into, study)
- досліди́ти verb (to inquire into, study)
- розслі́дувати verb (to examine)
Vietnamese
2 entries- điều tra verb (to inquire into, study)
- điều tra verb (to examine)
Walloon
2 entries- inketer verb (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
- studyî verb (to inquire into, study)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
You should investigate the fact from a medical viewpoint.
Source: tatoeba (28113)
To investigate the incident would take us at least three weeks.
Source: tatoeba (31015)
We have to investigate the cause at any rate.
Source: tatoeba (37651)
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