- past tense form of investigate.
- past participle of investigate.
investigated
Example Sentences
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The events surrounding that night have been exhaustively investigated and recounted in numerous stories, documentaries and police investigations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
County Coroner Shante Sanchez, who investigated Rustici’s death, supports a full kratom ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A senior detective is being investigated over potential artificial intelligence-related gross misconduct.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
While the Wisconsin team developed and tested the new reaction system in the laboratory, collaborators in Colorado investigated the underlying chemistry to determine why the approach behaves so differently.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
I investigated a nearby pockmark and saw, in the ring of impact, the fat coil of a caterpillar.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
