investigationn.

Brit.

/ɪnˌvɛstᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ᵻnˌvɛstəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English investigacioun, late Middle English– investigation, 1500s inuestigacion, 1500s–1600s inuestigation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from . Etymons: French investigation; Latin investīgātiōn-, investīgātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French investigacion, investigation (French investigation ) act of investigating a person or thing (late 14th cent.), inquiry, research (early 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin investīgātiōn-, investīgātiō search, inquiry, in post-classical Latin also tracking down (of an animal) (12th cent. in a British source) < investīgāt- , past participial stem of investīgāre investigate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare later investigate v.Compare Spanish investigación (end of the 15th cent.), Portuguese investigação, Italian investigazione (beginning of the 14th cent.).

a. The action or process of investigating a person or thing (in various senses of the verb); examination; inquiry; research; spec. scientific examination, academic research; formal inquiry into a crime, allegation, someone's conduct, etc. Frequently with into, of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > action of investigating

vesteyinga1425

exquisitionc1430

investigationa1450

inspect1490

exploration1544

prosecution1564

indagation1583

investigating1598

searchant1635

explorement1646

eyeballing1959

security check1970

a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 195 Yf they [sc. his statutes and decrees] were welle kepte in alle cuntrees. Of these he made subtile investigacioun [a1475 Harl. 4011 enquiracioun].

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 263 (MED) Whiche seyenge the auctorite of the chirche and þe certeyne investigation [L. investigatio] of calculers dothe holde and approbate.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlj They..knewe not in what parte of the worlde to make inuestigacion or searche for hym.

1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law To Rdr. sig. ❧iij^v They may perhaps prouoke others to the inuestigation of the truth.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A8 I applyed my Thoughts to the Investigation of Naturall Justice.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen Pref. p. viii There is scarce a Geometer, but has his own Method of Investigation.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman Advt. p. xv Many subjects, however, which I have cursorily alluded to, call for particular investigation.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain II. ii. xii. 66 He made strict investigation into the causes of the late tumult.

1913 F. T. Cooper tr. M. Montessori Pedagogical Anthropol. 24 Our science makes use of two means of investigation, as we have already seen: observation..; and measurement.

1968 G. Daws Shoal of Time i. 8 A dazzling and impenetrable wall of pack ice put an end to further investigation.

2017 Church Times 9 June 14/3 Exxon is still under investigation by Attorneys General.

b. An act or instance of investigating a person or thing (in various senses of the verb); an examination; an inquiry; spec. a piece of scientific examination or academic research; a formal inquiry into a crime, allegation, someone's conduct, etc. Frequently with into, of.criminal investigation, murder investigation, special investigation, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of

inquisitionc1440

investigation1533

sight1592

review1611

percontation1623

evestigation1658

inquirendoa1846

shakedown1914

look-around1967

nosy1990

1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man iv. f. 52 If the soule hastily..do approue the said perswasion, bileuing wyl [i.e. the will] without any other inuestigation or serch: Than she..loseth hir dignite.

1587 B. Yong tr. G. Boccaccio Amorous Fiammetta iii. f. 40 With secrete and subtyle inuestigations [I] doo continually procure dillygent enquirie to bee made.

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels vii. 218 A diligent scrutinie, inuestigation, inuention, inquisition, or searching out of a thing to the bottome.

1652 T. Elsliot True Mariner 1 Holding it a great presumption, and an absurd scrutamen and investigation, for the creatures to pry or too curiously to enquire into the secrets of their Creator.

1739 T. Simpson in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 608/2 (title) An Investigation of the probability that a proposed Event happens a given Number of Times.

1795 E. Burke Let. 22 May in Corr. (1969) VIII. 252 Perplexed Characters which require a long investigation to unfold.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. Pref. p. x Numerous anatomical and technological investigations.

1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms iv. 36 A full investigation of the different meanings.

1881 Daily Tel. 21 June 6/8 Investigations undertaken by the Russian police at the suggestion of an anonymous communicant.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt vii. 97 For thirty-seven hours now they had been working on a report of their investigations of synthetic rubber.

1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game p. xi Between 1917 and 1961 four major investigations by Royal Commissions were completed.

2014 Times (Nexis) 3 Sept. 11 The FBI has opened an investigation into the theft of hundreds of explicit photos.

†2. The tracking and discovery of a quarry, esp. (with reference to a hunting dog) by tracing a scent. Also (and in earliest use): an instance of this. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > tracking

investigation1623

spooring1850

pugging1866

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > following track or trail

tracing1523

investigation1623

vestigation1658

trail1669

trailing1742

spooring1850

pugging1866

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inuestigation, a finding out by tracing.

1800 G. Wakefield tr. Dio Chrysostom Sel. Ess. 202 [A dog] swift, and eager, and sagacious, in the investigation of his prey.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis viii. 167 The dogs, destined to the sagacious investigation [L. venationis] of savage animals.

1851 J. R. Morell tr. C. Fourier Passions Human Soul I. i. §3. iv. 165 How greatly man is in want of potential smell for the investigation of animals which the dog does not discover.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 1), as investigation committee, investigation report, investigation unit, etc.

ΚΠ

1831 Courier 14 Nov. The Chairman, too, of the Investigation Committee seems reluctant to act.

1872 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 19 Sept. R. H. T. Leipold, chief of the investigation division of the Treasury Department.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 8/1 It is proposed to ask the shareholders..to contribute 6d. in the pound towards an investigation fund.

1934 H. L. Beales & R. S. Lambert Mem. Unemployed 144 Investigation officers called at our houses to confirm information.

1950 H. K. Smith State of Europe xx. 378 An ultimatum demanding..the admission of an American investigation team into Yugoslavia to find out exactly what had happened.

1994 J. W. Vincoli Basic Guide Accident Investig. & Loss Control iv. 106 Conclusions:..This section wraps up the investigation report by providing a summarized description of the incident.

2007 M. P. Burke Forensic Med. Investig. Motor Vehicle Incidents 171 Most scenes are contaminated by the time the investigation unit arrives on site.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	investigation
释义	investigationn. Brit. /ɪnˌvɛstᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ᵻnˌvɛstəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English investigacioun, late Middle English– investigation, 1500s inuestigacion, 1500s–1600s inuestigation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from . Etymons: French investigation; Latin investīgātiōn-, investīgātiō. Etymology: < (i) Middle French investigacion, investigation (French investigation ) act of investigating a person or thing (late 14th cent.), inquiry, research (early 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin investīgātiōn-, investīgātiō search, inquiry, in post-classical Latin also tracking down (of an animal) (12th cent. in a British source) < investīgāt- , past participial stem of investīgāre investigate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare later investigate v.Compare Spanish investigación (end of the 15th cent.), Portuguese investigação, Italian investigazione (beginning of the 14th cent.). 1. a. The action or process of investigating a person or thing (in various senses of the verb); examination; inquiry; research; spec. scientific examination, academic research; formal inquiry into a crime, allegation, someone's conduct, etc. Frequently with into, of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > action of investigating vesteyinga1425 exquisitionc1430 investigationa1450 inspect1490 exploration1544 prosecution1564 indagation1583 investigating1598 searchant1635 explorement1646 eyeballing1959 security check1970 a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 195 Yf they [sc. his statutes and decrees] were welle kepte in alle cuntrees. Of these he made subtile investigacioun [a1475 Harl. 4011 enquiracioun]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 263 (MED) Whiche seyenge the auctorite of the chirche and þe certeyne investigation [L. investigatio] of calculers dothe holde and approbate. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlj They..knewe not in what parte of the worlde to make inuestigacion or searche for hym. 1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law To Rdr. sig. ❧iij^v They may perhaps prouoke others to the inuestigation of the truth. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A8 I applyed my Thoughts to the Investigation of Naturall Justice. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen Pref. p. viii There is scarce a Geometer, but has his own Method of Investigation. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman Advt. p. xv Many subjects, however, which I have cursorily alluded to, call for particular investigation. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain II. ii. xii. 66 He made strict investigation into the causes of the late tumult. 1913 F. T. Cooper tr. M. Montessori Pedagogical Anthropol. 24 Our science makes use of two means of investigation, as we have already seen: observation..; and measurement. 1968 G. Daws Shoal of Time i. 8 A dazzling and impenetrable wall of pack ice put an end to further investigation. 2017 Church Times 9 June 14/3 Exxon is still under investigation by Attorneys General. b. An act or instance of investigating a person or thing (in various senses of the verb); an examination; an inquiry; spec. a piece of scientific examination or academic research; a formal inquiry into a crime, allegation, someone's conduct, etc. Frequently with into, of.criminal investigation, murder investigation, special investigation, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of inquisitionc1440 investigation1533 sight1592 review1611 percontation1623 evestigation1658 inquirendoa1846 shakedown1914 look-around1967 nosy1990 1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man iv. f. 52 If the soule hastily..do approue the said perswasion, bileuing wyl [i.e. the will] without any other inuestigation or serch: Than she..loseth hir dignite. 1587 B. Yong tr. G. Boccaccio Amorous Fiammetta iii. f. 40 With secrete and subtyle inuestigations [I] doo continually procure dillygent enquirie to bee made. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels vii. 218 A diligent scrutinie, inuestigation, inuention, inquisition, or searching out of a thing to the bottome. 1652 T. Elsliot True Mariner 1 Holding it a great presumption, and an absurd scrutamen and investigation, for the creatures to pry or too curiously to enquire into the secrets of their Creator. 1739 T. Simpson in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 608/2 (title) An Investigation of the probability that a proposed Event happens a given Number of Times. 1795 E. Burke Let. 22 May in Corr. (1969) VIII. 252 Perplexed Characters which require a long investigation to unfold. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. Pref. p. x Numerous anatomical and technological investigations. 1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms iv. 36 A full investigation of the different meanings. 1881 Daily Tel. 21 June 6/8 Investigations undertaken by the Russian police at the suggestion of an anonymous communicant. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt vii. 97 For thirty-seven hours now they had been working on a report of their investigations of synthetic rubber. 1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game p. xi Between 1917 and 1961 four major investigations by Royal Commissions were completed. 2014 Times (Nexis) 3 Sept. 11 The FBI has opened an investigation into the theft of hundreds of explicit photos. †2. The tracking and discovery of a quarry, esp. (with reference to a hunting dog) by tracing a scent. Also (and in earliest use): an instance of this. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > tracking investigation1623 spooring1850 pugging1866 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > following track or trail tracing1523 investigation1623 vestigation1658 trail1669 trailing1742 spooring1850 pugging1866 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inuestigation, a finding out by tracing. 1800 G. Wakefield tr. Dio Chrysostom Sel. Ess. 202 [A dog] swift, and eager, and sagacious, in the investigation of his prey. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis viii. 167 The dogs, destined to the sagacious investigation [L. venationis] of savage animals. 1851 J. R. Morell tr. C. Fourier Passions Human Soul I. i. §3. iv. 165 How greatly man is in want of potential smell for the investigation of animals which the dog does not discover. Compounds General attributive (in sense 1), as investigation committee, investigation report, investigation unit, etc. ΚΠ 1831 Courier 14 Nov. The Chairman, too, of the Investigation Committee seems reluctant to act. 1872 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 19 Sept. R. H. T. Leipold, chief of the investigation division of the Treasury Department. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 8/1 It is proposed to ask the shareholders..to contribute 6d. in the pound towards an investigation fund. 1934 H. L. Beales & R. S. Lambert Mem. Unemployed 144 Investigation officers called at our houses to confirm information. 1950 H. K. Smith State of Europe xx. 378 An ultimatum demanding..the admission of an American investigation team into Yugoslavia to find out exactly what had happened. 1994 J. W. Vincoli Basic Guide Accident Investig. & Loss Control iv. 106 Conclusions:..This section wraps up the investigation report by providing a summarized description of the incident. 2007 M. P. Burke Forensic Med. Investig. Motor Vehicle Incidents 171 Most scenes are contaminated by the time the investigation unit arrives on site. 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