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Investigative   /ɪnvˈɛstəgˌeɪtɪv/   Listen
Investigative

adjective
1.
Designed to find information or ascertain facts.  Synonyms: fact-finding, investigatory.  "Investigative reporting"





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"Investigative" Quotes from Famous Books



... just said, the leading minds in literature and science become continually more logical and investigative; and, once that they are established in the habit of testing facts accurately, a very few years are enough to convince all the strongest thinkers that the old imaginative religion is untenable, and cannot any longer be honestly taught ...
— The Crown of Wild Olive • John Ruskin
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... them start so late in the day?" demanded John, who was of an investigative turn of mind. "I should think the morning was ...
— Young Alaskans in the Far North • Emerson Hough
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... resistant glass; (D) monitoring systems and alarm systems capable of providing precise location information; (E) wire and wireless interoperable communication technologies; (F) tools and techniques that facilitate investigative and forensic work, including computer forensics; (G) equipment for particular use in counterterrorism, including devices and technologies to disable terrorist devices; (H) guides to assist State and ...
— Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Updated Through October 14, 2008 • Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives
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... as I have just said, the leading minds in literature and science become continually more logical and investigative; and once that they are established in the habit of testing facts accurately, a very few years are enough to convince all the strongest thinkers that the old imaginative religion is untenable, and cannot any longer be honestly taught in its fixed traditional form, except by ignorant persons. ...
— Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture - Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 • John Ruskin
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Words linked to "Investigative" :   inquiring, investigate


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