The investigator left no stone unturned in his search for evidence. When he left the place, it was in an utter mess.
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Investigator
//ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ.tɚ//
Synonyms for "investigator" (53 found)
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73 translations across 37 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- հետազոտող noun (one who investigates)
- ուսումնասիրող noun (one who investigates)
- քննիչ noun (one who investigates)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- müstəntiq noun (one who investigates)
Basque
3 entries- aztertzaile noun (one who investigates)
- ikerlari noun (one who investigates)
- ikertzaile noun (one who investigates)
Belarusian
4 entries- сле́дчая noun (one who investigates)
- сле́дчы noun (one who investigates)
- сьле́дчая noun (one who investigates)
- сьле́дчы noun (one who investigates)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изсле́довател noun (one who investigates)
- изсле́дователка noun (one who investigates)
- сле́довател noun (one who investigates)
- сле́дователка noun (one who investigates)
Catalan
1 entries- investigador noun (one who investigates)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 調查者 /调查者 noun (one who investigates)
Czech
2 entries- vyšetřovatel noun (one who investigates)
- vyšetřovatelka noun (one who investigates)
Dutch
1 entries- onderzoeker noun (one who investigates)
Finnish
3 entries- selvittäjä noun (one who investigates)
- selvitysmies noun (one who investigates)
- tutkija noun (one who investigates)
French
4 entries- enquêteur noun (one who investigates)
- enquêtrice noun (one who investigates)
- investigateur noun (one who investigates)
- investigatrice noun (one who investigates)
Galician
1 entries- investigador noun (one who investigates)
German
2 entries- Ermittler noun (one who investigates)
- Ermittlerin noun (one who investigates)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (one who investigates)
Greek
2 entries- διερευνήτρια noun (one who investigates)
- διερευνητής noun (one who investigates)
Hindi
1 entries- जाँचकर्ता noun (one who investigates)
Hungarian
1 entries- nyomozó noun (one who investigates)
Indonesian
1 entries- penyidik noun (one who investigates)
Japanese
1 entries- 捜査員 noun (one who investigates)
Khmer
1 entries- វិចារកៈ noun (one who investigates)
Korean
2 entries- 수사관 noun (one who investigates)
- 조사관 noun (one who investigates)
Latin
4 entries- indāgātor noun (one who investigates)
- indāgātrix noun (one who investigates)
- inquīsītor noun (one who investigates)
- investīgātor noun (one who investigates)
Macedonian
3 entries- и́следник noun (one who investigates)
- истра́жител noun (one who investigates)
- истра́жувач noun (one who investigates)
Malay
1 entries- penyiasat noun (one who investigates)
Māori
3 entries- kaimātai noun (one who investigates)
- kairapuhara noun (one who investigates)
- kaitūhura noun (one who investigates)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- etterforsker noun (one who investigates)
Persian
1 entries- کاراگاه noun (one who investigates)
Portuguese
2 entries- investigador noun (one who investigates)
- investigadora noun (one who investigates)
Romanian
2 entries- anchetator noun (one who investigates)
- investigator noun (one who investigates)
Russian
4 entries- рассле́дователь noun (one who investigates)
- рассле́довательница noun (one who investigates)
- сле́дователь noun (one who investigates)
- сле́довательница noun (one who investigates)
Slovak
2 entries- vyšetrovateľ noun (one who investigates)
- vyšetrovateľka noun (one who investigates)
Spanish
2 entries- investigador noun (one who investigates)
- investigadora noun (one who investigates)
Swahili
1 entries- mchunguzi noun (one who investigates)
Swedish
1 entries- utredare noun (one who investigates)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้สอบสวน noun (one who investigates)
Turkish
3 entries- araştırmacı noun (one who investigates)
- araştırıcı noun (one who investigates)
- soruşturmacı noun (one who investigates)
Ukrainian
2 entries- слі́дча noun (one who investigates)
- слі́дчий noun (one who investigates)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He hired a private investigator.
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She hired a private investigator.
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I hired a private investigator.
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