- past participle of investigate.
- past tense form of investigate.
investigated
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless, many have wondered why these people are not being investigated or prosecuted, and whether Massie forgot to name some other prominent people.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The coroner said Ormerod's death was being investigated by police and that a forensic post mortem examination had taken place.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
For more than a decade, Bhatia's laboratory has investigated ways to restore hepatocyte activity without requiring patients to undergo a surgical liver transplant.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
But the NBA investigated, and last week commissioner Adam Silver leveled the punishment that includes banning Mr. Ballmer from the team for a year and the loss of five first-round draft picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Wegener investigated the many plant and fossil anomalies that did not fit comfortably into the standard model of Earth history and realized that very little of it made sense if conventionally interpreted.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
