investigative

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

investigative
    adj 1: designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-
           finding committee"; "investigative reporting" [syn:
           {fact-finding}, {investigative}, {investigatory}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Investigative \In*ves"ti*ga*tive\, a.
   Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "investigative":
      analytic, curious, examinational, examinatorial, examining,
      explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling,
      groping, heuristic, indagative, inquiring, inspectional,
      inspectorial, investigational, investigatory, questioning,
      tentative, testing, trying, zetetic

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