investigator
pronunciation
How to pronounce investigator in British English:
UK [ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce investigator in American English:
US [ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪtər]
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- Noun:
- a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
- someone who investigates
- a police officer who investigates crimes
Word Origin
- investigator (n.)
- 1550s, a native agent-noun formation from investigate, or else from Latin investigator "he that searches into," agent noun from past participle stem of investigare (see investigation).
Example
- 1. Staff also reported the presence of other child workers , according to the investigator .
- 2. By 1999 , holt had become a fact lawyer extraordinaire , an investigator 's investigator .
- 3. The study 's lead investigator was joachim hallmayer , m.d. , an associate professor of psychiatry at stanford university .
- 4. If the investigator gives them a clean bill of health , they can wave it at banks , regulators or potential business partners who might doubt them .
- 5. These factors affect the interview subject 's behavior and have an impact on whether an investigator can even clearly see a suspect 's eyes .