coinvestigator

noun

co·​in·​ves·​ti·​gat·​or ˌkō-in-ˈve-stə-ˌgā-tər 

variants or co-investigator

plural coinvestigators or co-investigators

: one of two or more investigators working together

"We sent a memo around to a number of faculty members," [William] Oh says, "and we attracted ten coinvestigators."

—John Lauerman

"… one significant frustration is we don't know a lot about the disease," said Dr. Holly Frost, study co-investigator and pediatrician …

—Wisconsin State Farmer

Examples of coinvestigator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Randy Auerbach, a clinical psychologist at Columbia University and a MAPS coinvestigator, is used to hearing that the study sounds like an invasion of privacy. —Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 21 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above