investigative

adjective

Definition of investigativenext
as in exploratory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigative
  1. exploratory
  2. experimental
  3. developmental
  4. probative
  5. preliminary
Adjective
  • Endeavor has retained The Raine Group to assist with the exploratory process.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Learning how to plant without soil could be useful in other exploratory missions.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of exploratory
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, there’s no experimental evidence suggesting any truth to this.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The end product is one of Nike’s most experimental designs to date.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of experimental
Adjective
  • According to the team, figure research could investigate how brain network function differs between individuals of different ages or developmental or psychiatric disorders.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In addition to developmental and cardiovascular problems, low-level lead poisoning is associated with hypertension and chronic kidney failure in adults.
    Zack Budryk, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of developmental
Adjective
  • Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.
    James Goldgeier, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
  • The length of the trial was due to a combination of appeals and the prosecution’s strategy to present as much evidence as possible to entertain multiple paths to conviction, even when such evidence was of little probative value.
    Tatiana Carayannis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2016
Definition of probative
Adjective
  • Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix in France and the Netherlands on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud and money laundering, a French judicial source close to the investigation told NBC News.
    Nancy Ing, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In France, a preliminary investigation does not necessarily mean criminal charges are forthcoming or that a trial will occur.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of preliminary
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