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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Investigation \In*ves`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. investigatio: cf F.
investigation.]
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or
following up research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or
thorough inquiry or examination; as the investigations of
the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of
the judge, the moralist.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
investigation
n 1: an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;
"there was a congressional probe into the scandal" [syn:
{probe}, {probing}]
2: the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and
systematically [syn: {investigating}]
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