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 Police investigated the death of Holmes for 18 months before charging Vaughn, Early and Brown in March 1990. — Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026 For decades, an attacker discovered a vulnerability, a security tool generated an alert, an analyst investigated it, the issue was escalated and eventually someone decided what to do. — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Gibson Dunn, an external law firm, investigated and dismissed Love’s complaints. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026 The shooting shut down eastbound I-80 for more than eight hours on the July 4 weekend while authorities investigated. — Daniel Hunt august 29, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The roadway was closed for approximately five hours while the Washington County Crash Reconstruction Unit and the Washington County Medical Examiner's Office investigated the scene. — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Waukee High School and Prairieview returned to normal operations Friday morning after police investigated a report of a person with a weapon outside the high school. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 28 Aug. 2026 The employees were among three officials investigated after concerns emerged that municipal contracts had been approved at inflated prices. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Southern California Edison has been investigated for its role in the Eaton fires, which killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 homes and other structures in January 2025. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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Somewhere in the middle were Arsenal, who explored making an offer for Alvarez while the situation was reaching its most arresting peak, with the 26-year-old striker roundly jeered by his own supporters at Atletico’s ground.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Mice on semaglutide explored more, balanced longer on a rotating rod, ran farther on a treadmill and solved a maze faster—gains that held even after the researchers accounted for the animals just being leaner than their peers.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026

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