Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #1197 of 1319

investigate (v.)

to examine closely

Examples

  • Investigate the crime.

Key rules

  • Investigate means examine closely to find facts
  • Investigate the crime, investigate a claim
  • Investigation is the noun

Common mistakes

  • They investigated of the crime → They investigated the crime
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