Hear and Investigate

Hear

Hear verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Investigate and hear are semantically related. in try topic. In some cases you can use "Investigate" instead a verb "Hear".

Nearby Words: heart, hearing, heard, hearer

Investigate verb - To search through or into.

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Hear and investigate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hear" instead a verb "Investigate".

people	hear people	investigate people
sound	hear sound	investigate sound
call	hear call	investigate call
crash	hear crash	investigate crash
Other words: someone, noise, explosion, ring, rumors, noises.

While in hiding she sees burglars breaking into a house that has a child in it; she knows they probably won't just let the kid be, so she fires her blaster, even knowing that patrollers might hear and investigate.

Source: Honor Before Reason / Literature
If I'm sitting in my camp, hear a twig snap, start to investigate, then encounter a small woodland creature, I will send out some scouts anyway just to be on the safe side.

Source: Combat Pragmatist / Web Original
We hear part of her lecture before she is interrupted, which is about how to investigate crimes involving bites, bringing to mind Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon.

Source: Series / Hannibal

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