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Investigated is the past tense of investigate, meaning to examine systematically to uncover facts or determine truth.
Police investigate crimes, journalists investigate corruption, and scientists investigate phenomena.
The word implies methodical inquiry rather than casual looking: They investigated the source of the leak.
To be investigated often suggests suspected wrongdoing: He's being investigated for fraud.
Sought knowledge systematically
- studiedExamined closely or learned
- examinedLooked at closely
- analyzedStudied methodically for meaning
- exploredExamined by traveling through
thesis · dissertation · scholarship · literature review · sources · archives · documented · methodology
Professional crime investigator
- suspectsThinks someone's guilty
- culpritPerson found guilty
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- witnessesThose who observe events
alibi · undercover · stakeout · surveillance · interrogated · questioned · case · perpetrator
Investigative journalism piece
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- sourcesPoints of origin
documents · leaked · uncovered · revealed · cover-up · allegations · wrongdoing · accountability
Facts supporting truth
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
toxicology · trace · bloodstains · analysis · laboratory · pathology · crime scene · samples
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- dataFacts for analysis
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- findingsConclusions from investigation
methodology · variables · controls · sample · publication · empirical · replicated · concluded
Request for information
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
regulatory · compliance · audit · report · findings · subpoena · testimony · misconduct
researched
Sought knowledge systematically
explored · thesis · dissertation · scholarship · literature review · sources · archives · documented · methodology · case study
detective
Professional crime investigator
- suspectsThinks someone's guilty
- culpritPerson found guilty
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
witnesses · alibi · undercover · stakeout · surveillance · interrogated · questioned · case · perpetrator · motive
exposé
Investigative journalism piece
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
sources · documents · leaked · uncovered · revealed · cover-up · allegations · wrongdoing · accountability · transparency
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- autopsyMedical examination after death
ballistics · toxicology · trace · bloodstains · analysis · laboratory · pathology · crime scene · samples · specimens
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- dataFacts for analysis
- studyDeliberate learning effort
findings · methodology · variables · controls · sample · publication · empirical · replicated · concluded · researchers
inquiry
Request for information
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
oversight · regulatory · compliance · audit · report · findings · subpoena · testimony · misconduct · review
investigatedignored
Purposely not noticed
overlooked · neglected · uninvestigated · disregarded · unexamined
investigatedassumed
Taken as true
concealed · covered up · presumed · suppressed · taken for granted
- private investigatorHired non-police detective
- congressional investigationLawmakers probing governmental matters
- under investigationSubject to formal inquiry
- criminal investigationOfficial probe into lawbreaking
- police investigationOfficial probe into wrongdoing
- preliminary investigationInquiry before formal proceedings
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