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- pronunciation:
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An investigation is a thorough way of trying to find out answers to something. When police do an investigation, they ask people questions, they look at many things, and they do a lot of checking in order to get facts. Scientists often carry out investigations too.
The police are doing an investigation into the cause of the car accident last night.- synonyms:
- probe
- similar words:
- examination, exploration, research, search, study
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analysis, attention, check, diagnosis, intelligence |
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