Synonyms for investigate
ɪnˈvɛs tɪˌgeɪtin·ves·ti·gate

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1. investigate, look intoverb

   investigate scientifically

   "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"

   Synonyms:
   inquire, check into, check out, enquire, look into, suss out, check over, check, check up on, go over

2. investigate, inquire, enquireverb

   conduct an inquiry or investigation of

   "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"

   Synonyms:
   inquire, ask, look into, wonder, enquire

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1. • Examine

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1. investigateverb

   Synonyms:
   examine, scrutinize, canvass, study, sift, consider, overhaul, explore, probe, dissect, look into, search out, search into, inquire into, follow up

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1. investigateverb

   Synonyms:
   probe, sift, examine

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1. List of paraphrases for "investigate":

   investigating, investigation, examine, explore, survey, inquire, inquiry, investigations, study, enquiries, consider, research, investigates, surveys, investigative, analyse

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1. Susan Petrocelli:

   Los Osos High School is taking every step possible to correct and investigate a regrettable misprint discovered in the yearbook. We sincerely apologize.

2. Marsha Blackburn:

   The Attorney General should immediately appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's business dealings with Communist China, joe and Hunter have been long intertwined with Beijing and profited off shady business deals with the CCP.

3. Indiana University:

   The office of the Dean of Students and IU Police Department are prepared to work closely with the national ATO organization to facilitate this action, indiana University's Office of Student Ethics will continue to investigate this issue as it relates to potential violations of the university code of student conduct.

4. Mitt Romney:

   When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated, by all appearances, the president's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling.

5. Chris Smith:

   The scenarios that we investigate in this study are really at the extreme optimistic end of what could be done without negative emissions or killing off power plants or cars before their time, while the solution we propose is technically possible, it still doesn't look particularly likely. However, I would claim that mapping it out is a good starting point, and consistent with the definition of an infrastructure commitment. It would be interesting to see if, or how, some of The Results change with perhaps more real-world assumptions.