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investigation

noun

1 investigation

An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities.

synonym: probe.

Roget 595: dissertation, treatise, essay; thesis, theme; monograph, tract, tractate, tractation; discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, ... show more

Roget 461: inquiry; request etc. 765; search, research, quest, pursuit etc. 622.    examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, ... show more

Dutch: antecedentenonderzoek, doorlichting, sonde

2 investigation

The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically.

synonym: investigating.

Dutch: opsporingswerk, speurwerk


Moby thesaurus: airing, amassing evidence, analysis, buzz session, canvassing, close inquiry, colloquium, conference, consideration, debate, debating, deliberation, delving, department of investigation, detection, detective work, dialectic, dialogue, discussion, enquiry ... show more.

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