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Definitions for investigator
ɪnˈvɛs tɪˌgeɪ tərin·ves·ti·ga·tor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. research worker, researcher, investigatornoun

    a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

  2. investigatornoun

    someone who investigates

  3. detective, investigator, tec, police detectivenoun

    a police officer who investigates crimes

Wiktionary

  1. investigatornoun

    One who investigates.

  2. Etymology: Attested in the mid‐16th Century ; from investigator, from investigare.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Investigatornoun

    one who searches diligently into a subject

  2. Etymology: [L.: cf. F. investigateur.]

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    Rank popularity for the word 'investigator' in Nouns Frequency: #2881

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of investigator in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of investigator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of investigator in a Sentence

  1. Dean Angelo:

    We had inflammatory and false rhetoric coming from (Michael Oppenheimer) and statements that weren’t true, you also have a lead investigator in police-involved deaths talking about how shocking and disturbing this is.

  2. Kendall Coffey:

    The lead investigator, the person on the scene, the person that normally law enforcement would say is in the best position to there is prospect in arrest, he apparently was effectively overruled by people sitting back at the office. It does happen, but it certainly raises a lot of questions.”

  3. Sacha Sergio Llorenti Soliz:

    The United States not only unilaterally attacked, but while we were discussing here and demanding the need for an independent investigation an impartial investigation, complete investigation into the attacks, The United States has become that investigator, has become the prosecutor, has become the judge, has become the jury.

  4. Michael Garcia:

    It now appears that, at least for the foreseeable future, the Eckert Decision will stand as the final word on the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process, no independent governance committee, investigator, or arbitration panel can change the culture of an organization.

  5. Deutsche Bank:

    At no time was an investigator prevented from escalating activity identified as potentially suspicious, furthermore, the suggestion that anyone was reassigned or fired in an effort to quash concerns relating to any client is categorically false.

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