investigation
The act of investigatingThe act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
» Police continued their investigation.
Полиция продолжила своё расследование. — Biga
Поліція продовжила своє розслідування. — miketheknight
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
The investigation into the crime has led to various leads as well as plenty of dead ends.
Despite thorough investigation, the perpetrator of the attacks remains unknown.
Untersuchung
сле́дствиеslédstvije, рассле́дованиеrasslédovanije, иссле́дованиеisslédovanije
розслі́дуванняrozslíduvannja, дослі́дженняdoslídžennja, слі́дствоslídstvo
- the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
- an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
Examples
278 sentencesPolice continued their investigation.
Поліція продовжила своє розслідування. — miketheknight
ruПолиция продолжила своё расследование. — Biga
An investigation is ongoing.
Триває розслідування. — deniko
ruВедётся расследование. — marafon
The investigation is under way.
Розлідування триває. — deniko
deDie Untersuchung ist im Gang. — Tamy
The police continued their investigation.
Поліція продовжила розслідування. — deniko
ruПолиция продолжила своё расследование. — Biga
An investigation has been launched.
Було розпочате розслідування. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English investigacioun, from Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatioFrom Middle English investigacioun, from Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio. Morphologically investigate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: investigations| Singular | investigation |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically:investigating
- an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities:probe
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- an an investigation
- under investigation
- is under investigation
- the investigation is
- an investigation is
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.