INVESTIGATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does investigation mean?
• INVESTIGATION (noun)
The noun INVESTIGATION has 2 senses:
1. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
2. the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
Familiarity information: INVESTIGATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INVESTIGATION (noun)
Meaning:
An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
investigation; probe
Context example:
there was a congressional probe into the scandal
Hypernyms ("investigation" is a kind of...):
enquiry; inquiry; research (a search for knowledge)
Meaning:
The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
investigating; investigation
Hypernyms ("investigation" is a kind of...):
work (activity directed toward making or doing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "investigation"):
analysis (an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole)
tabulation (the act of putting into tabular form)
search (an investigation seeking answers)
research (systematic investigation to establish facts)
enquiry; inquiry (a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest)
examination; testing (the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned)
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
empiricism (the application of empirical methods in any art or science)
police investigation; police work (the investigation of criminal activities)
count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting)
tap; wiretap (the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information)
