investigated
Sayin-VES-ti-gayt-id/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t.ɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of investigate. Use this when talking about looking carefully into something that already happened.
The police investigated the missing bike for two days.
A strange noise in the attic was investigated by the night guard.
Note
investigated is a form of investigate
investigate, verb: To look carefully into something to learn the true facts about it. Full entry
- Forms
- investigateinvestigates he/she/itinvestigating -ing forminvestigated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- investigate → investigated: add -d
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