investigativein‧ves‧ti‧ga‧tive /ɪnˈvestəɡətɪv $ -ɡeɪtɪv/ AWL adjective 
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The hospital has been the target of investigative journalism (=journalism that examines an event or situation in order to find out the truth).
· An investigative commission was set up immediately after the incident.
The hospital has been the target of investigative journalism (=journalism that examines an event or situation in order to find out the truth). (=one that tries to find out about something important)· Two investigative reporters wrote an article linking the CIA to cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· This is not entirely the result of political control, since the privately owned press shows no greater inclination towards investigative journalism.· It's an occupational hazard of investigative journalism.· It is investigative journalism of a very limited scope.· Thus, during 1984, investigative journalism had a field day.· Perhaps I should take up this investigative journalism.
· She was thirty-two, an editor with a distinguished publishing house, married to an investigative journalist.· A general privilege for investigative journalists?· And Mark Thomas, 37, comedian and de facto investigative journalist, is nothing if not controversial himself.· As I understand it, the London food commission is a consumerist pressure group staffed by academics and investigative journalists.
· Newsday, for example, had already won two Pulitzer Prizes for its investigative reports years before Watergate happened.
· Where were the campaigning editors and investigative reporters?· Time also has worked wonders, pruning many of the bad investigative reporters and retaining many of the good ones.· As an investigative reporter, Mundy does a terrific job of untangling this complex snarl of interrelated cases.· Improper behavior by individual political actors or by government agencies is exposed and widely communicated by investigative reporters.· As for the business with the docks, if that wasn't a case of drug smuggling, Hill was no investigative reporter.· Who wants to become an investigative reporter? they were asked.
· If the two Democrats on the investigative subcommittee, Reps.· Gingrich admitted to charges, brought by an investigative subcommittee of the ethics committee, that he brought discredit to the House.
· The attorney-general, Marzuki Darusman, said he would immediately form an investigative team to pursue the commission's findings.· For nearly a decade, Robert Read has headed up the show's 10-strong investigative team.· The Sheppard investigative team believes that Marilyn, two of whose teeth were chipped, bit her assailant.
· There followed a reassessment of the two principal investigative techniques.· New investigative techniques have opened up the black box of the brain and have begun to shed light on its inner workings.
· It's very easy to organise some investigative work by children on school meals provision.· He was doing investigative work on that case, too, on Kennedy.· However, 11 different modes of assessment were noted, including mental, practical, calculator, project and investigative work.· Algebra is given a special emphasis as well as the application of Mathematics in the form of problem-solving and investigative work.· The team felt it important to extend the evaluation to all investigative work.· Small group work is ideal for investigative work using any of the four paradigms of software seen above.· Another would be to note the skills and knowledge used when pupils were engaged in problem solving or investigative work.· A group photograph can be the starting point for further investigative work with pupils at Key Stage 1 or 2.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- Among them are hundreds of university journalism professors who routinely offer courses in investigative reporting at their schools.
- Categories are feature writing, investigative reporting, community service, commentary, photography, international reporting and pioneer.
- However, 11 different modes of assessment were noted, including mental, practical, calculator, project and investigative work.
- It's very easy to organise some investigative work by children on school meals provision.
- Perhaps I should take up this investigative journalism.
- Some 600 Boston University journalism students had braved a rainy Friday night in 1976 to hear a panel discussion on investigative reporting.
- The team felt it important to extend the evaluation to all investigative work.
- With ratings down, however, the show last fall refocused on investigative reporting and celebrity interviews and stopped paying for stories.
WORD FAMILYnouninvestigationinvestigatoryadjectiveinvestigativeinvestigatoryverbinvestigate
investigative journalism/report/work work or activities that involve investigating something