investigation

See also: Investigation

English

Etymology

From Middle English investigacioun, from Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio. Morphologically investigate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, /ɪnˌvɛs.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

investigation (countable and uncountable, plural investigations)

1. The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination

   The investigation into the crime has led to various leads as well as plenty of dead ends.

   Despite thorough investigation, the perpetrator of the attacks remains unknown.

   carry out an investigation

   the matter is awaiting investigation

   The case is still under investigation.

   • 2015, Gregg Barak, editor, The Routledge International Handbook of the Crimes of the Powerful‎^[1]:

     "Ag-gag laws criminalize undercover investigations by prohibiting one or more of three types of behavior: trespass, recording of videos, and failure to submit a video to law enforcement."

   • 2018 August 18, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, “White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, […]

Derived terms

• background investigation
• field investigation
• joint investigation team
• patient under investigation
• re-investigation

 

Related terms

• investigate
• sleuthing

Translations

the act of investigating

• Arabic: تَحْقِيق m (taḥqīq)

  Hijazi Arabic: تَحْقِيق m (taḥgīg)

• Armenian: հետաքննություն (hy) (hetakʻnnutʻyun)
• Asturian: investigación f
• Azerbaijani: təhqiqat (az), istintaq, təhqiq (az), araşdırma
• Belarusian: рассле́даванне n (rassljédavannje), дасле́даванне n (dasljédavannje)
• Bulgarian: разсле́дване (bg) n (razslédvane)
• Catalan: investigació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調查 / 调查 (zh) (diàochá)

• Czech: (primarily legal) vyšetřování (cs) n
• Danish: efterforskning (da) c
• Dutch: onderzoek (nl), nasporing (nl)
• Finnish: tutkimus (fi), selvitys (fi)
• French: investigation (fr) f
• Galician: investigación (gl) f
• Georgian: გამოძიება (gamoʒieba)
• German: Untersuchung (de) f
• Greek: έρευνα (el) f (érevna), διερεύνηση (el) f (dierévnisi)
• Hausa: bahàsī m
• Hungarian: nyomozás (hu), vizsgálat (hu)
• Indonesian: investigasi (id), penyelidikan (id)
• Irish: fiosrúchán m
• Italian: investigazione (it) f
• Japanese: 調査 (ja) (ちょうさ, chōsa)
• Korean: 조사 (ko) (josa)
• Latin: quaestiō f, indagatio, investigatio
• Malay: penyiasatan (ms)
• Maori: rapunga, mātaitanga, tūhuratanga, hurahuratanga, whakatewhatewha
• Norman: èrchèrchéthie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etterforskning (no) m or f, etterforsking m or f

  Nynorsk: etterforsking f

• Polish: śledztwo (pl) n, dochodzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: investigação (pt) f
• Romanian: investigație (ro) f
• Russian: сле́дствие (ru) n (slédstvije), рассле́дование (ru) n (rasslédovanije), иссле́дование (ru) n (isslédovanije)
• Sanskrit: परीक्षा (sa) f (parīkṣā)
• Spanish: investigación (es) f, pesquisa (es) f, indagación (es) f
• Swedish: undersökning (sv)
• Telugu: విచారణ (te) (vicāraṇa)
• Turkish: inceleme (tr), soruşturma (tr), tahkikat (tr)
• Ukrainian: розслі́дування n (rozslíduvannja), дослі́дження (uk) n (doslídžennja), слі́дство n (slídstvo)
• Vietnamese: sự điều tra (vi), cuộc điều tra

French

Etymology

From Old French investigacion, from Latin investigātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

investigation f (plural investigations)

1. investigation, examination

Further reading

• “investigation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

investigation (plural investigationes)

1. investigation