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investigation (iou)



investigation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin investigatio(n-), formed as INVESTIGATE: see -ATION.]
The action or process of investigating; systematic examination; careful research. LME.
G. Cheyne There is scarce a Geometer, but has his own Method of Investigation.
An instance of this; a systematic inquiry; a careful study of a particular subject. L18.
J. Thurber A recent investigation of the worries and concerns of five thousand selected Americans. N. Symington The central area of Freud's investigations was the unconscious.
investi'gational adjective E20.