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investigator

[ɪnˈvɛs.tʰɪˌɡeɪ̯.tʰəː]noun5 syllables

Investigator means: a police officer who investigates crimes.

Synonyms for investigator11

noun, as in a police officer who investigates crimes

detective, tec, police detective

noun, as in a scientist who devotes themself to doing research

research worker, researcher

also used for investigator

dick, gumshoe, Inv., indagator, private eye, sleuth

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What does investigator mean?3

noun

1

a police officer who investigates crimes

2

a scientist who devotes themself to doing research

3

someone who investigates

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Investigator in a sentence

  • The investigator wants to know who did what to whom where, when, and why.DostKaplan
  • The investigator tried to figure out the intricacies of the crime.cairnhead
  • Sami hired a private investigator to find out the truth.OsoHombre
  • Sami was an investigator for the district attorney.OsoHombre
  • Yanni sought the advice of a private investigator.Amastan
  • Yanni did the right thing by hiring a private investigator.Amastan
  • The investigator picked the chip up and examined it.Amastan
  • Investigators are trying to pin down the cause of today's fire.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of investigator

as a noun

plural
investigators