investigation

noun

Definition of investigationnext
as in inquiry
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigation
  1. inquiry
  2. examination
  3. exploration
  4. study
  5. probe
  6. research
Noun
  • The government had completed or started work on 28 recommendations from the inquiry, the prime minister said, and will provide its full response early next year.
    Reuters, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • After months of bluster, the inquiry later fizzles.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of inquiry
Noun
  • The guidelines say nothing about an ER doctor’s examination sufficing.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Bipartisan examination: If there's an issue with the way the ballot was filled out, prompting a process called adjudication, in which bipartisan teams examine ballots to determine voter intent.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of examination
Noun
  • The company continues to focus on its oil and gas exploration and production activities in the DJ Basin of Colorado.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • What might be newer is a deeper exploration into wellness, as de Taillac revealed she’s been eyeing that arena and the possibility of adding treatments in the Buly offering for a while.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of exploration
Noun
  • Those moves were then reversed by the Trump administration but later reinstated by the Biden administration, which also released an accompanying U.S. Forest Service study that said hard-rock mining within the Rainy River Watershed could pose an environmental threat to the BWCAW.
    Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Rabinovich, a distinguished Israeli historian of the modern Middle… The War for Lebanon, 1970-1983 This is partly a history of Lebanon's breakdown and civil war, partly a study of why and how Israel went to war in 1982.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of study
Noun
  • Yet much about Jupiter remains a mystery, even as NASA’s robotic probe Juno begins its ninth year orbiting this strange planet.
    Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The French investigation, carried out by the PNF, a special financial crime prosecution unit famous for pursuing high-stakes white-collar probes that often involve large international companies, was opened in November 2022.
    Nancy Ing, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of probe
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  • Hoekstra conducted political research for the team.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The agency also conducts its own research with thousands of scientists working at NIH labs in Bethesda, Maryland.
    Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of research
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