Thesaurus results for INVESTIGATIONS

investigations

noun

plural of investigation

as in inquiries

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash

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Recent Examples of investigations And among these gemstones, Live Nation is shining the brightest, lawsuits and anti-trust investigations be damned. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026 This story first ran in Dispatches, our weekly newsletter from our reporters about their recent investigations. — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 2 July 2026 While initial reports indicated that nine people had been killed, further investigations on the scene revealed a total of 16 fatalities. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Although federal law requires the VA to publish statistics on arrests, citations, investigations and prosecutions by local agencies, the campus police website has no link to crime data. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 The report said the city council budgets $500,000 a year for investigations, and in a typical year, $200,000-$300,000 is used. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 26 June 2026 In a separate interview, another person familiar with the situation — who has been involved in past intelligence investigations involving Venezuelan officials — offered additional allegations about the restricted zone. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 In an exclusive interview at FBI headquarters, Raia said the bureau's multi-agency mission center has moved beyond intelligence gathering and into active financial investigations aimed at dismantling the networks that finance political violence. — Asra Q. Nomani , Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Barry Diamond, the former senior pastor of the church where Vander Meer once worked, said he was informed early Thursday by Jessica Bate of Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah, who led the investigations, that Vander Meer hanged himself. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 25 June 2026

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Noun

State officials did not respond to inquiries about shellfish closures as of Sunday evening.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026
The Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency, City of Lake Geneva Police Department, Walworth County Sheriff's Office and Walworth County did not immediately respond to additional inquiries from Fox News Digital.

— Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of inquiries

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Veterinarians conducting preliminary examinations determined many of the dogs died from gunshot wounds, according to Honsal.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 June 2026
The students, who were taking their secondary school leaving examinations when they were attacked and abducted, are between 15 and 18 years old.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026

Definition of examinations

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Pullover styles like the Madwell Scoop Neck Mini Shift Dress in 100% Linen are breathable enough to wear all day long, and transition seamlessly from afternoon explorations to evening aperitivo.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
While Smithson and Heizer became synonymous with the movement, Holt produced one of its most sophisticated explorations of our relationship to landscape.

— Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026

Definition of explorations

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Only 13% of it ends up at food banks, according to a 2026 report produced by ReFED, a nonprofit that studies and tries to prevent food waste.

— John Lowrey, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
The American Kennel Club cites studies showing that dog ownership can reduce loneliness, lower stress and improve cardiovascular health.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Definition of studies

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Real estate and other industries already face probes into algorithmic and surveillance pricing, as Americans cite housing and energy costs as top worries and question whether genuine competition still exists.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Trump went to extraordinary efforts to pressure the Fed into lowering, from launching criminal probes into Powell and Governor Lisa Cook, to outright insulting the chair’s intelligence.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Definition of probes

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Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it.

— Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.

— Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026

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