as in to explore
to search through or into
experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem
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While police continued to investigate, Nathan filed an $85,000 insurance claim for his lost boat.
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Audrey Karnan, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
With an imaging platform capable of recording the cell wall building from start to finish, the team plans to investigate how disrupting different genes and different pathways would affect the wall assembly process.
—ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
School officials and a school resource officer investigated and issued disciplinary action.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Reporter Rosemary Coulter and retired Mountie Bill Avery teamed up once again to investigate a train robbery, while Governor Lucas Bouchard and Mayor Lee Coulter quite literally found common ground.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
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Audrey Karnan, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
With an imaging platform capable of recording the cell wall building from start to finish, the team plans to investigate how disrupting different genes and different pathways would affect the wall assembly process.
—ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
School officials and a school resource officer investigated and issued disciplinary action.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Reporter Rosemary Coulter and retired Mountie Bill Avery teamed up once again to investigate a train robbery, while Governor Lucas Bouchard and Mayor Lee Coulter quite literally found common ground.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Investigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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