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  2. the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth: An investigation has been under way for several days into the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy. a full / thorough investigation of the incident.

    • Traditional

      INVESTIGATION translate: (對罪案、問題、陳述等的)調查,偵查(尤指為了發現真相). Learn...

    • Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

      a process in which officials try to discover all the facts...

  3. What does investigation mean? An investigation is a thorough search for facts, especially those that are hidden or need to be sorted out in a complex situation. The goal of an investigation is usually to determine how or why something happened.

  4. investigation. If something has gone missing, conduct an investigation to find it. To do this, seek out details associated with its disappearance, asking questions and gathering evidence in order to find out what happened to it.

  5. investigation, examination, inquiry, research express the idea of an active effort to find out something. An investigation is a systematic, minute, and thorough attempt to learn the facts about something complex or hidden; it is often formal and official: an investigation of a bank failure.

  6. investigation. noun. OPAL W. /ɪnˌvestɪˈɡeɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] an official examination of the facts about a situation, crime, etc. a criminal/murder/police investigation. an accident investigation team. The president has promised a full investigation. The authorities have launched an investigation to determine why the ferry sank.

  7. a process in which officials try to discover all the facts about something, especially a crime or an accident: Police have begun an investigation into his death. The cause of the fire is still under investigation (= being investigated). (Definition of investigation from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  8. Investigation, examination, inquiry, research express the idea of an active effort to find out something. An investigation is a systematic, minute, and thorough attempt to learn the facts about something complex or hidden; it is often formal and official: an investigation of a bank failure.