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investigatory, a.|ɪnˈvɛstɪgətərɪ|
[f. L. type *investīgātōri-us, f. investīgātor: see above and -ory.]
Of investigating nature or character.
1836New Monthly Mag. XLVIII. 71 The world has been growing..so wondrously philosophical and investigatory. c1885Ruskin in Daily News 18 June 6/3 To estimate the quantity of careful and investigatory reading. 1966Punch 23 Feb. 276/3 During his editorship, Sam Campbell, as he was known to most of Fleet Street, added more than one and a half million paying readers to his paper by sustained crusading investigatory journalism of a kind unequalled since W. T. Stead. 1969Listener 27 Mar. 436/2 World in Action has an aggressive investigatory policy. 1969Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 1/4 The judges said they believed it was desirable to have the inquest kept secret to ‘protect its integrity, investigatory character and effectiveness’. Ibid., Inquest proceedings are not accusatory and..they should be regarded as investigatory. |