Hypertext Webster Gateway: "investigation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Investigation \In*ves`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. investigatio: cf. F.
investigation.]
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or
following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or
thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of
the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of
the judge, the moralist.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

investigation
n 1: an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;
"there was a congressional probe into the scandal" [syn:
{probe}]
2: the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and
systematically [syn: {investigating}]


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