Thesaurus results for INVESTIGATES

investigates

verb

present tense third-person singular of investigate

as in explores

to search through or into experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem

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Recent Examples of investigates Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta subpoenaed OpenAI on Wednesday as the state investigates cybersecurity incidents involving the AI company and its models. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 Based in Los Angeles, McMillian investigates the historical and socioeconomic forces shaping American culture, particularly that of the American South. — News Desk, Artforum, 29 Sep. 2026 In addition to examining Musk’s role in controlling the discourse on X, the movie investigates the mogul’s time in Washington with DOGE. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026 The Monitor investigates what messages China's increasingly popular AI models are promoting. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026 Higgins investigates, first by calling fans who’ve recently sold their shares, then by going door-to-door. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 The older, world-weary Jae-hwan (Park Hae-il) leads the City Desk, and investigates the event from a distance with the help of his police source, diligent detective Cheol-goo (Yoo Hai-jin). — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 Four of the videos originated from local law enforcement in Colorado who submitted reports to the Pentagon's office that investigates UAP. — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 The National Transportation Safety Board generally handles civilian aviation accidents, but the military investigates crashes involving its own aircraft. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

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Her work explores themes of memory, identity and the emotional textures of daily life.

— New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
New Investigation Discovery series The Serial Killer Connection explores those through the case of true monster Richard Evonitz, who kidnapped and killed at least three teenage girls in the '80s and '90s.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

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For more on this, check out STAT’s Katie Palmer’s excellent addition to her timely series Paying for AI, which examines how new clinical AI tools influence the affordability of health care and patients’ long-term health.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Given how closely the film examines Musk’s ties to the far right, why not explore that incident further?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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