investigates
- 1Third-person singular simple present of investigate.
The committee investigates complaints filed against city officials.
A forensic team investigates the scene before anyone removes evidence.
Note
The present-tense form that agrees with a single subject, such as the board, she or it, and serves both halves of the verb. With an object it means looking into something: the board investigates the complaint. Without one it means carrying out an inquiry, and the thing examined is understood from context: when a complaint arrives, the board investigates.
When a complaint arrives, the board investigates.
If something goes missing, she investigates before she accuses anyone.
investigates 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 → investigates: add -s
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