investigative
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Etymology edit
investigate + -ive
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investigative (comparative more investigative, superlative most investigative)
- Of or pertaining to investigation
- 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:
- RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.
- inquisitive; curious
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pertaining to investigation
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- “investigative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “investigative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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investigative
- inflection of investigativ:
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investigative f pl