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investigation
noun
the
act
or
process
of
carefully
examining
a
situation
,
crime
,
problem
,
or
idea
to
discover
the
truth
or
gather
facts
•
Police
opened
an
investigation
after
valuables
went
missing
from
the
museum
.
Police
opened
an
investigation
after
valuables
went
missing
from
the
museum
.
•
Her
science
fair
project
sparked
an
investigation
into
how
different
soils
affect
plant
growth
.
Her
science
fair
project
sparked
an
investigation
into
how
different
soils
affect
plant
growth
.
From
Latin
investigatio
(
a
searching
into
),
from
investigare
"
to
trace
out
,
search
after
,"
from
in-
"
in
"
+
vestigare
"
to
track
,
trace
."
