investigate

Example Sentences

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In fact, MI5 had disclosed Agent X's status in phone calls to me, as it tried to persuade me not to investigate him.

From BBC

"One minute you think you're investigating one offence, but the next, it's developed into the most serious offence," she said.

From BBC

Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard expects to spend the holiday in London—until he’s assigned, at the last moment, to investigate an incident in snowy Kent.

From The Wall Street Journal

Enhancers can sit far from the genes they influence, sometimes separated by hundreds of thousands of DNA letters, which makes them difficult to investigate.

From Science Daily

A police statement said they were being investigated on suspicion of "embezzlement and subsequent concealment of public funds."

From Barron's