investigatingn.
/ɪnˈvɛstᵻɡeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪdɪŋ/ The action of investigating a person or thing; investigation; examination; inquiry. Also: an instance of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > action of investigating
vesteyinga1425
exquisitionc1430
investigationa1450
inspect1490
exploration1544
prosecution1564
indagation1583
investigating1598
searchant1635
explorement1646
eyeballing1959
security check1970
1598 I. K. tr. A. Romei Courtier's Acad. vii. 269 These be al the sciences and habites, wherewith intellect speculatiue is adorned, in inuestigating, and finding out of truth.
1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xxxv. f. 140v Hee hath discouraged all men from the investigating and searching out of the true natures of thinges.
1661 T. Salusbury tr. Galileo Syst. World in Math. Coll. & Transl. I. 38 The certainty of the conclusion conduced not a little to the investigating of the demonstration.
1739 J. B. de Freval tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature IV. 332 We are come to that wise Method of investigating of Truth, not indeed by Arguments,..but by Experience.
1767 Crit. Rev. Mar. 231 The first attempt towards the investigating of the curvilineal areas.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. ii. 238 Controversialists, who thought that truth was gained by disputing instead of investigating.
1890 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. 8/3 His court of inquiry went merrily on yesterday with the investigating of Commander McCalla's methods.
1953 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune 11 May 1/3 I can think of no more effective way of blocking congressional investigatings of communism.
1987 N.Y. Times 11 June a27/5 The wonder to me was that PIOB [= President's Intelligence Oversight Board] did any investigating at all.
2010 ABA Banking Jrnl. Oct. 58/2 Bankers frequently need to do their own investigating of prospects and clients.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
investigatingadj.
/ɪnˈvɛstᵻɡeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪdɪŋ/ 1. Characterized by or inclined to investigation; examining; inquisitive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective]
inquisitivec1386
inquiring1598
investigating1631
inquirous1632
burrow-headed1650
curious1653
interested1665
inquisitous1694
interrogative1709
yuky1719
Eve-ish1753
inquisite1808
wondering1810
percontatorial1849
questionous1893
quizzy1920
curious-minded1928
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > concerned with investigation
examining1565
explorative1578
examinative1615
exploratory1620
exploring?1624
investigating1631
indagative1642
indagacious1653
examinant1659
explorational1885
1631 J. Done Polydoron 199 In whatsoever genus or region an investigating Philosopher would grow intelligent.
1720 Edinb. Misc. 103 You must be fit to entertain: Clear your investigating Skull.
1782 G. Hardinge Rowley & Chatterton Pref. p. iv I thought that..ridicule could..prevent the curiosity of an investigating mind.
1841 Godey's Lady's Bk. July 13/2 Mansfield was an observing, a thinking, an investigating man.
1895 Cameron (Texas) Herald 8 Aug. I have the spirit of the age, the investigating intellect that will not be put off with platitudes.
1915 Amer. Thresherman Dec. 53/2 Your clock will be safe from his investigating fingers.
1971 M. H. Schubert tr. W. H. Wackenroder Contrib. to Fantasies on Art in Confessions & Fantasies 190 To discover with the divining-rod of the investigating intellect that which can only be felt from within.
2010 Publishers Weekly 13 Sept. 21/3 Nothing escapes his inquisitive and investigating mind.
2. That investigates a person or thing (in various senses of the verb); esp. that is charged with conducting a systematic or formal investigation into a crime, allegation, someone's conduct, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > engaged in investigation
perquiring1598
exploratory1620
zetetic1645
zetetical1646
disquisitive1647
probing1749
disquisitorial1806
investigating1830
perusing1878
pickbrain1903
1830 Morning Post 9 Sept. To insure the safety of the investigating party, the index must be made conclusive.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States iv. 222 The report of the investigating commission was never made public.
1890 Washington Post 18 Jan. 4/3 An investigating committee of intelligent women have agreed that he pay women in his employ decent living wages.
1947 Bradford (Pa.) Era 28 Mar. 13/8 The FBI is an investigating agency. It doesn't go in for body guarding and police functions of that nature.
1974 Times 9 Jan. 5/6 The investigating magistrate in the case of Le Canard Enchaîné questioned for two hours.
2016 Booklist 15 Feb. 32/1 The investigating officer on one of the old cases..thought he knew the identity of the perpetrator.
Derivatives
inˈvestigatingly adv. in an investigating manner; questioningly; searchingly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adverb]
disquisitively1622
zetetically1665
examiningly1685
exploringly1826
exploratively1837
investigatingly1853
questingly1873
1853 Ainsworth's Mag. 23 15 Mass not having yet begun, the eyes of the faithful roved rather investigatingly about.
1891 E. Castle Consequences I. ii. ii. 208 The veteran eyed him investigatingly.
2002 AAP Newsfeed (Nexis) 20 Mar. ‘Perhaps a strong, young bloke like you?’ he said investigatingly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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