All investigate synonyms

verb investigate

• search — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
• inspect — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
• consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
• scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
• interrogate — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
• review — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
• prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
• spy — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
• scout — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
• tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
• frisk — to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
• inquire — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
• dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• research — to make researches; investigate carefully.
• read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
• sift — to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
• poke — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
• reconnoiter — to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
• case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
• delve — If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
• pry — to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
• bug — A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
• muckrake — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
• wiretap — an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
• examine — Inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
• explore — Travel in or through (an unfamiliar country or area) in order to learn about or familiarize oneself with it.
• scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
• poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
• recce — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
• eyeball — Look or stare at closely.
• check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
• go into — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• look into — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
• check over — a thorough examination or investigation.
• check up — If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
• feel out — to perceive or examine by touch.
• listen in — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
• look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
• look-see — a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
• nose around — pry, snoop
• put to the test — check performance
• stake out — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.