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investigative

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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective investigative has 1 sense

investigative(s = adj.all) fact-finding, investigatory - designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting"

Derived form verb investigate₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

investigative, a.

Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

investigative, adj. seeking or serving to investigate, esp. (of journalism) inquiring intensively into controversial issues.

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THESAURUS

investigative

analytic, curious, examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, groping, heuristic, indagative, inquiring, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational, investigatory, questioning, tentative, testing, trying, zetetic

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