investigations
nounUK /ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃənz/
US /ɪnˌvɛstəˈɡeɪʃənz/
Times when people look closely to find out the truth about something.
The police made several investigations to find the missing bike.
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2. Careful studies done to learn new facts.
Her investigations into how plants grow won a science prize.
3. Official checks to see if rules were broken.
The school started investigations after the test papers disappeared.
4. The act of looking into a problem to fix it.
Engineers did investigations to find why the bridge shook.