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investigation|ɪnvɛstɪˈgeɪʃən|
[a. F. investigation, OF. -acion (14–15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. investīgātiōn-em, n. of action from investīgāre to investigate.]
1. The action of investigating; the making of a search or inquiry; systematic examination; careful and minute research.
1436Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 195 Yf they [his statutes and decrees] were welle kepte in alle cuntrees. Of these he made subtile investigacioun. a1548Hall Chron., Rich. III 41 They..knewe not in what parte of the worlde to make investigacion or searche for hym. 1602W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. Introd. 1 They may perhaps prouoke others to the inuestigation of the truth. 1740Cheyne Regimen Pref. 8 There is scarce a Geometer, but has his own Method of Investigation. 1855Prescott Philip II, I. ii. xii. 281 He made strict investigation into the causes of the late tumult.
attrib.1897Daily News 21 Oct. 7/7 Criminal investigation staffs in the provinces have been instructed to ascertain what persons may be missing within their several jurisdictions. 1899Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 8/1 It is proposed to ask the shareholders..to contribute 6d. in the pound towards an investigation fund.
b. With an and pl.
1795Burke Corr. IV. 318 Characters which require a long investigation to unfold. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) I. Pref. 12 Technological investigations. 1832Lewis Use & Ab. Pol. Terms iv. 36 A full investigation of the different meanings. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1876) II. ii. v. 260 The Romans..had neither time nor inclination for abstruse investigations.
2. The tracking of (a beast). rare.
1822T. Taylor Apuleius 167 The dogs, destined to the sagacious investigation of savage animals. |