investigator

investigator
investigate in‧ves‧ti‧gate [ɪnˈvestgeɪt] verb [intransitive, transitive]
to try to discover the truth about a crime, accident etc:

• The fraud office is investigating allegations of insider trading by a former employee of the firm.

— investigation noun [countable, uncountable] :

• a banker under criminal investigation

• a federal investigation into junk bond trading

— investigator noun [countable] :

• a government investigator

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investigate UK US /ɪnˈvestɪgeɪt/ verb
► [I or T] to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth: »

The FBI was called in to investigate.

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Detectives will continue to investigate the incident.

 investigate allegations/claims/complaints of sth »

The office is investigating the allegations of embezzlement.

 investigate how/whether/why »

The commission will investigate whether these companies violated anti-trust laws.

► [T] to try to discover the truth about someone who is accused of a crime: investigate sb for sth »

The IRS are investigating Williams for alleged tax fraud.

investigator noun [C]
► »

Investigators discovered that the bank had covered up massive bad loans.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • investigator */ — UK [ɪnˈvestɪˌɡeɪtə(r)] / US [ɪnˈvestɪˌɡeɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms investigator : singular investigator plural investigators someone whose job is to officially find out the facts about something, especially a crime or an accident Police… …   English dictionary

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