Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One, especially a detective, who investigates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who investigates or makes careful research.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who searches diligently into a subject.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
investigates .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who investigates
- noun a police officer who investigates crimes
- noun a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the investigator is not the only one with a special request.
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Environmental concerns become significant in Brunettis work when an investigator from the Carabiniere, looking into the illegal hauling of garbage, asks for a favor.
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Contrast that with a conversation where an investigator is trying to grill a hostile witness for information.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2009 » August 2009
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But the way she proves it, with a dryly humorous assist from Archie Panjabi as the firm's in-house investigator, is expertly done.
Julianna Margulies marries strength, smarts in 'Good Wife' 2009
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Contrast that with a conversation where an investigator is trying to grill a hostile witness for information.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2009 » August » 13 2009
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Contrast that with a conversation where an investigator is trying to grill a hostile witness for information.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How to Avoid Info-Dumping 2009
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An investigator is hired by the protective ex-husband of a Hollywood starlet (Evelyn Cordew) to retrieve her ghosts, although the investigator thinks he is only meant to stop the doctor from blackmailing the starlet.
REVIEW: Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories edited by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan 2010
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Okay, let me get this straight ... the State of Alaska personnel board investigator is saying Sarah Palin should make the State pay legal bills for fighting these frivolous ethics complaints instead of paying them from private donors?
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Schantag has posted him under "phonies and wannabees" on the POW Network website, and a Department of Veterans Affairs investigator is now looking into his record.
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Schantag has posted him under "phonies and wannabees" on the POW Network website, and a Department of Veterans Affairs investigator is now looking into his record.
RONALD L CRUMLEY 2010
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