| Main Entry: |
investigate |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
check into thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
be all ears,
bug,
case*,
check out, check over, check up,
consider,
delve,
dig,
examine,
explore, eyeball, feel out, frisk, give the once over, go into,
inquire, inquisite,
inspect,
interrogate, listen in, look into, look over, look-see, make inquiry, muckrake, nose around,
poke,
probe,
prospect, pry, put to the test,
question,
read, reconnoiter,
research,
review, run down,
scout,
scrutinize,
search, sift,
spy, stake out,
study,
tap, wiretap
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Antonyms: |
ignore
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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