Investigate
Investigate verb - To search through or into.
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Synonyms for Investigate
Survey is a synonym for investigate in scrutinize topic. In some cases you can use "Survey" instead a verb "Investigate".
Survey
Survey verb - To look over closely (as for judging quality or condition).
Usage example: surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition
Investigate is a synonym for survey in interview topic. Sometimes you can use "Investigate" instead a verb "Survey", if it concerns topics such as scrutinize.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- study and investigate
- study and survey
- prospect and investigate
- prospect and survey
- consider and investigate
- consider and survey
- observe and investigate
- observe and survey
- inspect and investigate
- inspect and survey
- scrutinize and investigate
- scrutinize and survey
- examine and investigate
- examine and survey
Common collocations
| area | investigate area | survey area |
| place | investigate place | survey place |
| destruction | investigate destruction | survey destruction |
| situation | investigate situation | survey situation |
| Other words: corruption, planet, town. | ||
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Survey and Investigate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/investigate/survey
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