Thesaurus results for INVESTIGATED

investigated

verb

past tense of investigate

as in explored

to search through or into experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem

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Recent Examples of investigated It should be investigated as a crime from the very beginning. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 Sandweg said the entire affair needs to be investigated. — Jim Defede, CBS News, 28 June 2026 The shooting is being investigated as a homicide, the sheriff’s office said. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 4 July 2026 French authorities investigated whether someone tampered with a weather device at Paris’ airport to win a Polymarket bet on the temperature. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 2 July 2026 The Phillippi-Morris Hill intersection was closed Thursday night while a crash reconstruction team investigated. — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026 The shooting at the hospital will be investigated by detectives with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, which polices Thousand Oaks. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Matt Miller, the ESPN NFL Draft analyst who shared last month on social media that his left arm was amputated following an automobile accident in southern Missouri, reportedly is being investigated by the state attorney general. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026 The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Fort Worth District Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Abilene Police Department. — Mary Ella Hastings july 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026

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The Lewis and Clark expedition explored the Louisiana Purchase.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Many works around the country explored new electronic music technology.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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Few elections in American history have been examined as extensively as Georgia’s in 2020.

— Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 7 July 2026
Separately, Giuliani and Goodwin examined the officiating history of Brazilian referee Raphael Claus, whose decision to issue the red card ignited the controversy.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026

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