investigative

adjective

Definition of investigativenext
as in exploratory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigative
  1. exploratory
  2. experimental
  3. developmental
  4. probative
  5. preliminary
Adjective
  • While many countries remain in the exploratory or development phases, a select few have launched fully operational CBDCs, providing valuable insights into their implementation and impact.
    Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Since this wasn’t the main goal of the original study, this analysis is exploratory, and any results need to be verified in future studies.
    Simon Spichak, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of exploratory
Adjective
  • Considered by the space agency as a 30-day technology demonstration of no more than five experimental test flights, the 4-pound chopper performed 72 flights for nearly three years at Mars.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The procedures are not directly approved by the Food and Drug Administration, though they are permitted under the agency’s compassionate use provision, allowing patients with life-threatening illnesses to seek experimental treatments.
    Ty Roush, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of experimental
Adjective
  • New York, however, has been able to monitor Shamet’s progress after their developmental team, the Westchester Knicks, selected him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NBA G-League Draft.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Since these factors and their varied combinations are specific to each individual, a one-of-a-kind developmental path is created, along with unique manifestations of any condition or disorder that may affect them.
    Sharief Taraman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of developmental
Adjective
  • Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.
    James Goldgeier, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
  • The length of the trial was due to a combination of appeals and the prosecution’s strategy to present as much evidence as possible to entertain multiple paths to conviction, even when such evidence was of little probative value.
    Tatiana Carayannis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2016
Definition of probative
Adjective
  • In 2022, after China’s national men’s team suffered a disappointing elimination in the preliminary stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the country’s anti-graft agency launched a far-reaching investigation into bribery and match-fixing in Chinese professional soccer.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The proximate cause of the breakup was the granting of a preliminary injunction against the deal by U.S. Judge Adrienne Nelson of Oregon.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of preliminary
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