Investigation
Investigation noun - A systematic search for the truth or facts about something.
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Synonyms for Investigation
Paper and investigation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paper" instead a noun "Investigation".
Paper
Paper noun - A piece of paper with information written or to be written on it.
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Synonyms for Paper
Investigation and paper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Investigation" instead a noun "Paper".
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Related pairs
- study and investigation
- study and paper
- treatise and investigation
- treatise and paper
- monograph and investigation
- monograph and paper
- dissertation and investigation
- dissertation and paper
- critique and investigation
- critique and paper
- disquisition and investigation
- disquisition and paper
- questionnaire and investigation
- questionnaire and paper
How words are described
| special | special investigation | special paper |
| particular | particular investigation | particular paper |
| normal | normal investigation | normal paper |
| ordinary | ordinary investigation | ordinary paper |
| Other adjectives: formal, regular, original, actual, real, important, final, last, different, scientific, recent, medical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Used frequently in NCIS: Los Angeles (typically Eric's and Nell's job), though one episode put a twist on it: LAPD was only too happy to hand over an investigation to them because the suspect was old-school, using all-paper records instead of easily searchable computers.
Source: Forensic Accounting -
Spinning Paper: Newspaper headlines explain what's going on in the investigation of Land Development.
Source: Film / The Bad Sleep Well -
In "Toilet Paper", the boys' TPing of a teacher's house results in a full-scale police investigation, complete with Perp Sweating.
Source: Felony Misdemeanor
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