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INVESTIGATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does investigative mean?
• INVESTIGATIVE (adjective)
The adjective INVESTIGATIVE has 1 sense:
1. designed to find information or ascertain facts
Familiarity information: INVESTIGATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Designed to find information or ascertain facts
Synonyms:
fact-finding; investigative; investigatory
Context example:
investigative reporting
Similar:
inquiring (given to inquiry)
Derivation:
investigate (conduct an inquiry or investigation of)
Context examples
The NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) researchers first studied the effects of single approved drugs and investigative compounds on DIPG cell models grown in the laboratory from patient cells.
(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)
The shock breakout itself lasts only about 20 minutes, so catching the flash of energy is an investigative milestone for astronomers.
(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)
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