as in exploring
to search through or into
experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem
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Recent Examples of investigating
The criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division specializes in investigating and prosecuting constitutional violations by law enforcement officers.
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Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Hutchison also began investigating a similar unsolved murder in Sunnyvale -- the 1979 stabbing of 18-year-old Estella Mena, a high-school student working part-time as a security guard.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
State police are investigating a fatal head-on crash involving dump truck in Oxford on Thursday morning.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
Fort Worth police are investigating a shooting that killed a man Thursday night.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating the cause of the crash that led to the monkeys' escape.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Joe springs into action to help, but Zoë is skeptical, believing the explosion isn't worth investigating.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident and plans to provide more details.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigating
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Spend your days exploring the biosphere or lounging on daybeds and in private gazebos on the beach.—
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But that company and more than a dozen others exploring deposits on the island remain far away from actually building a mine and would still need to raise at least hundreds of millions of dollars.—
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Whether revisiting legendary careers or examining the fleeting intensity of modern pop, these films offer music lovers a chance to experience the stories behind the sound.—
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This past summer, Brossoit and doctors, after examining his right hip, found the root cause of the knee pain — a cam lesion on the head of his femur that was causing issues with cartilage inside the joint.—
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“Investigating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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