investigatory

Example Sentences

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Paula works as a fact-checker at a New York City newsmagazine, a job chosen, I imagine, to account for her investigatory chops, though not her tendency to put herself in dangerous situations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The inquiry, by the investigatory powers commissioners, is due to report to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer within weeks.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

“I certainly think it is very clear that there are a number of investigatory leads because it is abundantly clear that there are a number of people who committed devastating harm to survivors,” Hersh said.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2026

Such investigatory materials are usually kept private to protect innocent victims and witnesses—a lesson that Congress will now relearn at their expense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

She would come up to the office, and sit by the window, and talk over the proofs of the next week's articles, going through my intentions with a keen investigatory scalpel.

From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)