investigated
Sayin-VES-ti-gayt-id/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t.ɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of investigate.
Inspectors investigated the factory after the chemical leak.
Every complaint was investigated before the company issued a response.
Note
One spelling does two jobs, as with every regular -ed verb: the finite past (inspectors investigated the leak) and the participle after have or be (it has been investigated). The passive comes only from the transitive uses: a complaint or a rumor can be investigated. The intransitive use (police investigated and found nothing) takes no object, so it has no passive to build.
investigated is a form of investigate
investigate, verb: To inquire into or study something carefully in order to establish the facts or gather information. Full entry
- Forms
- investigateinvestigates he/she/itinvestigating -ing forminvestigated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- investigate → investigated: add -d
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