| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorough check |
Synonyms: |
analysis, case, delving, examination, exploration, fact-finding, gander, hearing, hustle, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, legwork, observation, observing, pike, probe, probing, quest, quiz, research, review, scrutiny, search, sounding, study, survey, surveying |
| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
agape, all-searching, analytic, burning with curiosity, catechetical, curious, disquisitionary, doubtful, erotetic, ichneutic, in course of inquiry, in dispute, in full cry, in hot pursuit, in issue, in pursuit, in quest of, in question, in search of, inexorable, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interrogative, maieutic, moot, nonplussed, on the lookout for, on the scent, overcurious, peery, perquesting, proposed, prying, pursuing, pysmatic, pytacorian, quizzable, quizzacious, quizzatorial, quizzical, requisitive, requisitory, rogatory, undecided, under consideration, under discussion, under investigation, undetermined, untried, zetetic
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| Main Entry: | analysis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination and determination |
Synonyms: |
assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution, division, inquiry, investigation, partition, reasoning, resolution, scrutiny, search, separation, study, subdivision, test |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
| Main Entry: | anatomy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of animal, plant structure |
Synonyms: |
analysis, biology, cytology, diagnosis, dissection, division, embryology, etiology, examination, genetics, histology, inquiry, investigation, medicine, morphology, physiology, zoology |
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
Synonyms: |
appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, measurement, rating, survey, test, trial, valuation |
| Main Entry: | audit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection of financial records |
Synonyms: |
analysis, balancing, check, checking, examination, investigation, report, review, scrutiny, survey, verification, view |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection, examination |
Synonyms: |
analysis, audit, checkup, control, inquiry, investigation, poll, rein, research, review, scrutiny, test |
| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense desire to know, understand |
Synonyms: |
concern, eagerness, inquiring mind, inquiringness, inquisitiveness, interest, interestingness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, mental acquisitiveness, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, regard, searching, snoopiness, snooping, thirst for knowledge |
Antonyms: |
disinterest, indifference |
| Main Entry: | diagnosis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification of problem, disease |
Synonyms: |
analysis, conclusion, examination, interpretation, investigation, opinion, pronouncement, scrutiny, summary |
| Main Entry: | dissection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorough analysis |
Synonyms: |
breakdown, breakup, criticism, critique, examination, inquest, inspection, investigation, resolution, review, scrutiny, study |