Investigative

3 definitions found

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

  Investigative \In*ves"ti*ga*tive\, a.
     Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  investigative
       adj : designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a
             fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting"
             [syn: {fact-finding}, {investigatory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "investigative":
     analytic, curious, examinational, examinatorial, examining,
     explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling,
     groping, heuristic, indagative, inquiring, inspectional,
     inspectorial, investigational, investigatory, questioning,
     tentative, testing, trying, zetetic