investigatornoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪ.tər/us/ɪnˈves.tə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɚ/B2 a person whose job is to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. in order to discover the truth:
Investigators have studied the possible effects of contamination.
a private investigator
More examples
- Managers deliberately obscured the real situation from federal investigators.
- They are accused of trying to shield the General from US federal investigators.
- The documents are the first substantive information obtained by the investigators.
- Outside investigators will put the company's accounting practices through the wringer.
- A team of investigators have been called in.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who analyse and judge
- -basher
- adjudicator
- arbiter
- censor
- court of inquiry
- critic
- examiner
- external examiner
- judge
- jury
- moderator
- monitor
- panel
- panellist
- rating agency
- referee
- reviewer
- star chamber