Investigate

in-vest′i-gāt, v.t. to search into: to inquire into with care and accuracy.— adj. Invest′igable , able to be investigated.— n. Investigā′tion , act of examining into: research: study.— adjs. Invest′igātive , Invest′igātory , promoting or given to investigation.— n. Invest′igātor , one who investigates. [L. investigāre , -ātum — in , in, vestigāre , to track.]