investigator
USin-VES-ti-gay-tur/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ.tɚ/UKin-VES-ti-gay-tuh/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ.tɘ/
Pluralinvestigators
- 1A person who carefully looks into something to find out what really happened.
Like a detective who looks for clues to solve a mystery.
The investigator asked the witnesses many questions about the night of the fire.
Two investigators searched the empty building for clues.
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Origin
It comes from Latin investigator, from a word meaning to investigate. It was first used in the mid-1500s.