Definition for Investigate:

• To trace the vestiges or tracks of: to search into: to inquire into with care and accuracy.

Synonyms for Investigate:

• n.

  •
  • review,
  • gather.

• v.

  •check into thoroughly (verb)
  • check out,
  • consider,
  • make inquiry,
  • tap,
  • look-see,
  • bug,
  • go into,
  • probe,
  • inquisite,
  • muckrake,
  • look into,
  • read.
  •experiment (verb)
  • benchmark,
  • analyze,
  • verify,
  • experiment,
  • prove,
  • determine.
  •question (verb)
  • catechize,
  • survey,
  • query,
  • debate,
  • poll,
  • ask,
  • contemplate,
  • interpolate,
  • dispute.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • snoopiness,
  • inquisitiveness,
  • Prier,
  • snoop,
  • interrogatory,
  • investigative,
  • catechism,
  • quester,
  • sleuth,
  • inquisitor,
  • going-over,
  • inquirer,
  • catechization,
  • dick,
  • poke around.
  •
  • riffle,
  • inquest,
  • shakedown,
  • reconnoiter,
  • inquisitive,
  • interrogation,
  • anatomize,
  • investigation,
  • reconnaissance,
  • inquiring,
  • forage,
  • go through,
  • spy,
  • dissect,
  • tryout.
  •
  • inquiry,
  • curiosity,
  • spook,
  • leaf,
  • resolve,
  • reconstruct,
  • peruse,
  • search,
  • questioner,
  • scout.
  •
  • anatomy,
  • agent,
  • poke,
  • examination,
  • frisk,
  • dig into.
  •
  • traverse,
  • tail.
  •
  • view,
  • proof.
  •
  • skim,
  • interest.
  •
  • eye,
  • case.
  •
  • sound,
  • dip.
  •analyze
  • evaluate,
  • estimate,
  • assay.
  •enquire
  • enquire.
  •examine
  • vet,
  • search into,
  • delve into,
  • pore over,
  • winnow.
  •Other relevant words:
  • check up on,
  • dive into,
  • examinee,
  • touch,
  • go,
  • find out,
  • deal with,
  • look,
  • get going,
  • observe,
  • practice,
  • investigating,
  • ascertain,
  • plumb,
  • criticize,
  • agree,
  • find,
  • knock around,
  • treat,
  • notice,
  • detect,
  • fathom,
  • tamper,
  • think about,
  • air,
  • assess,
  • unearth,
  • debrief,
  • trace,
  • measure,
  • deliberate,
  • analyse,
  • appraise,
  • con,
  • chew the rag,
  • talk about,
  • discourse,
  • recce,
  • reason about,
  • rap,
  • move about,
  • peek,
  • discourse about,
  • check on,
  • kibitz,
  • Suss Out,
  • talk over,
  • quest after,
  • attend to,
  • search through,
  • rake over,
  • critique,
  • mark,
  • penetrate,
  • restrain,
  • pay attention to,
  • intrude,
  • work out,
  • thresh out,
  • inquire of,
  • interpret,
  • discuss,
  • discover,
  • bestir,
  • sound out,
  • validate,
  • interview,
  • sweep,
  • reconnoitre,
  • meddle,
  • scour,
  • check in,
  • see into,
  • note,
  • handle,
  • follow,
  • Preexamine,
  • wonder,
  • hunt up,
  • interfere,
  • report,
  • pursue,
  • exchange views,
  • controvert,
  • talk,
  • strive,
  • Indagate,
  • count,
  • cast around,
  • perceive,
  • fidget,
  • plough through,
  • reason,
  • argue,
  • comment,
  • grasp,
  • give thought to,
  • comment upon,
  • check into,
  • peer,
  • understand,
  • look for,
  • gauge,
  • authenticate,
  • drive,
  • screen,
  • poke into,
  • scrutinise,
  • nose,
  • compare,
  • talk of,
  • hunt out,
  • monitor,
  • reckon,
  • agitate,
  • dampen,
  • make sure of,
  • hunt down,
  • weigh,
  • divine,
  • track,
  • learn.

Paraphrases for Investigate:

• Equivalence

  • Coordinating conjunction
    examine.
  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    examine.
  • Adjective
    investigating, examine, explore.
  • Proper noun, singular
    investigates, Investigated, investigating, examine.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    examine.
  • Verb, past tense
    examine.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    examine, explore.
  • Verb, base form
    examine.

• Independent

  • Coordinating conjunction
    assess, explore.
  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    explore.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Records, makes, explore, Inquiries, probes.
  • Noun, plural
    Investigators, Inquiries.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    explore.
  • Verb, past tense
    Assessed, addressed, Discussed, Envisaged, Looked, Dealt, enrolled, studied, explore.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    assess, scrutinize.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, scrutinise, elucidate, discover, clarify, educate, re-examine, enquire, detect, assess, initiate, prosecute, trace, explore, inform, uncover, explain, troubleshoot, illuminate, enlighten, scrutinize, navigate, revisit, delineate, reconsider, exploit, handle, undertake.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    studying.
  • Proper noun, singular
    researching, Surveys, studying.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    researching, studying.
  • Verb, base form
    interrogate, instruct, appraise, achieve.

Antonyms for Investigate:

• v.

  • check into thoroughly
    answer, neglect, forget, overlook, reply, leave alone, ignore.

Hypernym for Investigate:

• v.

  • communication
    experiment, examine, search, probe, research, explore.

Hyponym for Investigate:

• v.

  • communication
    analyse, study, canvass, examine, analyze.