Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to investigation; given to investigation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an investigation; accomplished by investigation; designed to find information or ascertain facts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Aimed at
investigating ;investigative .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective designed to find information or ascertain facts
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Examples
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If the mainstream media was as engaged in investigatory journalism like they were in the 60's and 70's there would not be so much overblown hysteria about non issues and so much ridiculous trash reporting, ala like that of the National Enquirer. cynthia
Priest apologizes for mocking Clinton while at Obama church 2008
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I was mainly referring to long term investigatory stories taken on by reporters in stealth, and published only after the reporting is done.
Product v. process journalism: The myth of perfection v. beta culture « BuzzMachine 2009
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One looks in vain in Korea for the kind of investigatory and regulatory zeal that usually greets corporate corruption cases in other parts of the world.
. . . Means Changing Korea Michael Breen 2008
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We could pay off our Central Worlds 'Start-up debt if we'd that kind of investigatory work here.
The Rowan McCaffrey, Anne 1990
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The students, far from being traumatized by the act (which is described as appreciative rather than "investigatory") seem to take it in stride as a personal eccentricity of Hector's.
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(meaning the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state) and submitting tendentious claims to UN "investigatory" committees.
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"The important, yet limited, investigatory role of the police to gather facts and collect evidence is well-established," Lohan attorney Shawn Chapman Holley said in a statement Tuesday.
Back To Jail? AP 2011
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California Republican Representative Darrell Issa, who will take over chairmanship of a key investigatory panel, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, promises probes on a range of issues involving spending and performance.
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California Republican Representative Darrell Issa, who will take over chairmanship of a key investigatory panel, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, promises probes on a range of issues involving spending and performance.
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Unfortunately, the disciplined response needed to put the NASA workforce back in the right direction will not come from this administration or, for that fact, any administration or even the lawfully bound investigatory bodies!
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