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Recorded since circa 1510, a back-formation from investigation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin investīgātiō (“a searching into”), from investīgātus, the perfect passive participle of investīgō, equivalent to in- + vestigate. Displaced native Old English undersēċan (literally “to search under or between”).

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изследвам (izsledvam) — to inquire into, study
• Bulgarian: проучвам (proučvam) — to inquire into, study
• Catalan: investigar — to inquire into, study
• Chinese Mandarin: 調查 /调查 (diàochá) — to inquire into, study
• Czech: zkoumat — to inquire into, study
• Danish: undersøge — to inquire into, study
• Dutch: onderzoeken — to inquire into, study
• Dutch: bekijken — to inquire into, study
• Dutch: bestuderen — to inquire into, study
• Finnish: tutkia — to inquire into, study
• French: étudier — to inquire into, study
• Galician: investigar — to inquire into, study
• German: untersuchen — to inquire into, study
• German: erforschen — to inquire into, study
• German: recherchieren — to inquire into, study
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (andhruskan) — to inquire into, study
• Greek: ερευνώ (erevnó) — to inquire into, study
• Hindi: शोध करना (śodh karnā) — to inquire into, study
• Hungarian: megvizsgál — to inquire into, study
• Hungarian: vizsgál — to inquire into, study
• Hungarian: tanulmányoz — to inquire into, study
• Hungarian: kutat — to inquire into, study
• Indonesian: mengkaji — to inquire into, study
• Indonesian: menyelidiki — to inquire into, study
• Italian: investigare — to inquire into, study
• Italian: indagare — to inquire into, study
• Japanese: 調べる (shiraberu) — to inquire into, study
• Japanese: 調査する (chōsa suru) — to inquire into, study
• Korean: 조사하다 (josahada) — to inquire into, study
• Latin: aspicio — to inquire into, study
• Latin: investigo — to inquire into, study
• Latin: indago — to inquire into, study
• Latin: vestigo — to inquire into, study
• Malay: siasat — to inquire into, study
• Maltese: investiga — to inquire into, study
• Māori: whakatewhatewha — to inquire into, study
• Māori: tūhura — to inquire into, study
• Māori: mātai — to inquire into, study
• Māori: mātaki — to inquire into, study
• Māori: rangahau — to inquire into, study
• Māori: uiui — to inquire into, study
• Māori: ārohi — to inquire into, study
• Norwegian Bokmål: undersøke — to inquire into, study
• Occitan: investigar — to inquire into, study
• Polish: prowadzić dochodzenie — to inquire into, study
• Portuguese: investigar — to inquire into, study
• Romanian: investiga — to inquire into, study
• Russian: иссле́довать (isslédovatʹ) — to inquire into, study
• Russian: рассле́довать (rasslédovatʹ) — to inquire into, study
• Scottish Gaelic: rannsaich — to inquire into, study
• Spanish: investigar — to inquire into, study
• Spanish: pesquisar — to inquire into, study
• Spanish: indagar — to inquire into, study
• Swahili: -chunguza — to inquire into, study
• Swedish: undersöka — to inquire into, study
• Telugu: పరిశీలించు (pariśīliñcu) — to inquire into, study
• Thai: สืบ (sʉ̀ʉp) — to inquire into, study
• Thai: สืบสวน (sʉ̀ʉp-sǔuan) — to inquire into, study
• Thai: สํารวจ (sǎm-rùuat) — to inquire into, study
• Thai: สืบสาว — to inquire into, study
• Ottoman Turkish: كشف ایتمك (keşf etmek) — to inquire into, study
• Ukrainian: дослі́джувати (doslídžuvaty) — to inquire into, study
• Ukrainian: досліди́ти (doslidýty) — to inquire into, study
• Vietnamese: điều tra — to inquire into, study
• Walloon: studyî — to inquire into, study
• Basque: aztertu — to examine
• Bulgarian: разследвам (razsledvam) — to examine
• Catalan: investigar — to examine
• Czech: pátrat — to examine
• Czech: vyšetřovat — to examine
• Czech: vyšetřit — to examine
• Danish: undersøge — to examine
• Danish: efterforske — to examine
• Dutch: onderzoeken — to examine
• Dutch: een onderzoek instellen — to examine
• Dutch: uitzoeken — to examine
• Esperanto: enketi — to examine
• Finnish: tutkia — to examine
• French: enquêter — to examine
• German: untersuchen — to examine
• Greek: ερευνώ (erevnó) — to examine
• Hindi: जाँचना (jā̃cnā) — to examine
• Hindi: जाँच करना (jā̃c karnā) — to examine
• Hungarian: kivizsgál — to examine
• Indonesian: menyelidiki — to examine
• Italian: investigare — to examine
• Japanese: 調べる (shiraberu) — to examine
• Japanese: 検査する (kensa suru) — to examine
• Khmer: ពិរុទ្ធ (pi’rut) — to examine
• Latin: aspicio — to examine
• Latin: inquīrō — to examine
• Malay: menyelidiki — to examine
• Malay: mengkaji — to examine
• Māori: whakatewhatewha — to examine
• Māori: tūhura — to examine
• Norwegian Bokmål: ettersøke — to examine
• Occitan: investigar — to examine
• Polish: badać — to examine
• Polish: zbadać — to examine
• Portuguese: investigar — to examine
• Portuguese: examinar — to examine
• Russian: рассле́довать (rasslédovatʹ) — to examine
• Russian: изуча́ть (izučátʹ) — to examine
• Russian: изучи́ть (izučítʹ) — to examine
• Scottish Gaelic: rannsaich — to examine
• Spanish: examinar — to examine
• Spanish: investigar — to examine
• Spanish: indagar — to examine
• Swahili: -chunguza — to examine
• Swedish: undersöka — to examine
• Swedish: utreda — to examine
• Telugu: పరిశీలించు (pariśīliñcu) — to examine
• Thai: สืบสวน (sʉ̀ʉp-sǔuan) — to examine
• Ottoman Turkish: كشف ایتمك (keşf etmek) — to examine
• Ukrainian: розслі́дувати (rozslíduvaty) — to examine
• Vietnamese: điều tra — to examine
• Bulgarian: разследвам (razsledvam) — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Catalan: investigar — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Czech: vyšetřovat — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Danish: undersøge — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Danish: udrede — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Dutch: een onderzoek voeren — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Finnish: tutkia — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Finnish: selvittää — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• French: enquêter — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• German: ermitteln — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Hindi: जाँचना (jā̃cnā) — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Hindi: जाँच करना (jā̃c karnā) — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Hungarian: nyomoz — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Italian: investigare — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Italian: indagare — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Latin: aspicio — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Malay: mengkaji — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Navajo: naʼałkaah — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Occitan: investigar — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Portuguese: investigar — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Russian: рассле́довать (rasslédovatʹ) — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Scottish Gaelic: rannsaich — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Spanish: pesquisar — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Spanish: investigar — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Swahili: -chunguza — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Swedish: utreda — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Thai: ไต่สวน (dtài-sǔuan) — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Thai: สอบสวน (sɔ̀ɔp-sǔuan) — to conduct an inquiry or examination
• Walloon: inketer — to conduct an inquiry or examination