Investigate and Try

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Investigate verb - To search through or into.

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Try is a synonym for investigate in process topic. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Investigate".

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Investigate is a synonym for try in process topic. You can use "Investigate" instead a verb "Try", if it concerns topics such as inspect, experiment.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

life	investigate life	try life
attack	investigate attack	try attack
man	investigate man	try man
people	investigate people	try people
Other words: stuff, someone, series, death, situation, case.

Monk and Stottlemeyer investigate and try to figure out what was going through the Captain's mind.

Source: Drunken Master
Synopsis: A small flotilla of vessels commanded by the venerable Grand Admiral Kunkka was sent to investigate and try to deal with the anomalous activities occurring in a neighboring set of islands.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Dota 2
Franken Fran subverts it : In Chapter 41, Fran and some of the cast go to a beach to try and investigate on a mysterious phenomenon that causes many people to drown, but Fran, in true Cloudcuckoolander fashion, still wants to have fun.

Source: Beach Episode

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