Investigated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Investigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investigating}.] [L.
     investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in-
     in + vestigare to track, trace. See {Vestige}.]
     To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation;
     to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and


     examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful
     inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural
     phenomena.
     [1913 Webster]