Investigator
noun
A person who tries to find facts or information, often to solve a problem or mystery.
The police have assigned their top investigator to the case.
Often appears as...
- private investigator
- lead investigator
noun
A researcher or scientist who carries out investigations in a particular field.
As the lead investigator, she will be conducting the majority of the experiments in the lab.
Often appears as...
- principal investigator
- scientific investigator
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Formal
Academic
noun
A person who tries to find facts or information, often to solve a problem or mystery.
The police have assigned their top investigator to the case.
Often appears as...
- private investigator
- lead investigator
noun
A researcher or scientist who carries out investigations in a particular field.
As the lead investigator, she will be conducting the majority of the experiments in the lab.
Often appears as...
- principal investigator
- scientific investigator
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Problem Solver
An investigator actively seeks answers, often in a puzzle-like situation requiring critical thinking.
The investigator pieced together clues from the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Official Inquiry
Investigators often work on behalf of an official organization, like the police or a company.
The company's investigator reviewed the fraud case.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Police
Although associated with law enforcement, investigators can work in many fields, like journalism.
A journalist investigator exposed the political scandal.
Pro Tip 1/3Problem Solver
An investigator actively seeks answers, often in a puzzle-like situation requiring critical thinking.
The investigator pieced together clues from the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Official Inquiry
Investigators often work on behalf of an official organization, like the police or a company.
The company's investigator reviewed the fraud case.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Police
Although associated with law enforcement, investigators can work in many fields, like journalism.
A journalist investigator exposed the political scandal.
Pro Tip 1/3Problem Solver
An investigator actively seeks answers, often in a puzzle-like situation requiring critical thinking.
The investigator pieced together clues from the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Official Inquiry
Investigators often work on behalf of an official organization, like the police or a company.
The company's investigator reviewed the fraud case.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Police
Although associated with law enforcement, investigators can work in many fields, like journalism.
A journalist investigator exposed the political scandal.
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Hire the hackers! -...
security embarrassment but also because he was an inveterate hacker he left a tiny digital hot wormhole through which he alone could crawl but this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator and he was convicted at his open prison he came under the influence of financial fraud stirs and those financial
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Water Discovered In...
next flyby of Enceladus, which wasn't for some time to come, to much sooner. And this was a huge risk for her. We knew for us to be able to have a chance of really seeing what was going on in Enceladus, we needed to get closer. The principal investigator of the magnetometer, God bless her, she
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Misha Glenny: Hire the...
a huge security embarrassment. But also, because he was an inveterate hacker, he left a tiny digital wormhole through which he alone could crawl. But this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator, and he was convicted. At his open prison, he came under the influence of financial fraudsters,
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How the US government...
Now, the reason why a search warrant is important is because it interposes a judge in the relationship between investigators and the citizens, and that judge's job is to make sure that there's good cause for the surveillance, that the surveillance is targeted at the right people,
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The Panama Papers...
and of course no money moved hands, but it really shows the problem with the system. It's also important to not just think about this as individual cases. This is not just about an individual lawyer who's spoken to our undercover investigator and provided suggestions.
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
We have seen this demonstrated already in the talks preceding mine. There is the quickest way advances are likely to occur, as measured in discoveries per investigator per year. You may have heard the military dictum for the gathering of
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Great White Shark...
happen here. In other parts of the world, the most dangerous time to enter the water is at dawn or dusk, the times when white sharks typically hunt. But these waters are different. Investigators have identified that the majority
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How a Great White Shark...
a great white's jaws so deadly. Other investigators have seen how a bull shark's bite works. Now, getting a bite impression might help them solve the mystery of how a great white combines bite force with thrust.
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Charmian Gooch: Meet...
So how did that happen? Well, because an elite and its facilitators have been making millions of dollars from supporting logging on an industrial scale for many years. So we sent an undercover investigator in
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Exposing abuse of...
end anonymous company ownership it's because over many years as a field investigator and campaigner I've come up against this type of company time and
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Hire the hackers! -...
security embarrassment but also because he was an inveterate hacker he left a tiny digital hot wormhole through which he alone could crawl but this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator and he was convicted at his open prison he came under the influence of financial fraud stirs and those financial
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Water Discovered In...
next flyby of Enceladus, which wasn't for some time to come, to much sooner. And this was a huge risk for her. We knew for us to be able to have a chance of really seeing what was going on in Enceladus, we needed to get closer. The principal investigator of the magnetometer, God bless her, she
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Misha Glenny: Hire the...
a huge security embarrassment. But also, because he was an inveterate hacker, he left a tiny digital wormhole through which he alone could crawl. But this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator, and he was convicted. At his open prison, he came under the influence of financial fraudsters,
Video examples
How the US government...
Now, the reason why a search warrant is important is because it interposes a judge in the relationship between investigators and the citizens, and that judge's job is to make sure that there's good cause for the surveillance, that the surveillance is targeted at the right people,
Video examples
The Panama Papers...
and of course no money moved hands, but it really shows the problem with the system. It's also important to not just think about this as individual cases. This is not just about an individual lawyer who's spoken to our undercover investigator and provided suggestions.
Video examples
E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
We have seen this demonstrated already in the talks preceding mine. There is the quickest way advances are likely to occur, as measured in discoveries per investigator per year. You may have heard the military dictum for the gathering of
Video examples
Great White Shark...
happen here. In other parts of the world, the most dangerous time to enter the water is at dawn or dusk, the times when white sharks typically hunt. But these waters are different. Investigators have identified that the majority
Video examples
How a Great White Shark...
a great white's jaws so deadly. Other investigators have seen how a bull shark's bite works. Now, getting a bite impression might help them solve the mystery of how a great white combines bite force with thrust.
Video examples
Charmian Gooch: Meet...
So how did that happen? Well, because an elite and its facilitators have been making millions of dollars from supporting logging on an industrial scale for many years. So we sent an undercover investigator in
Video examples
Exposing abuse of...
end anonymous company ownership it's because over many years as a field investigator and campaigner I've come up against this type of company time and
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Hilarie Burton
American Actress
My weekends are spent hidden in the woods, and then I have to come back and pretend to be this very upper-crust insurance investigator. But, I mean, duality's nice. You never get bored. You can't say the grass is always greener if you're in both backyards.
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Heather Brooke
American Journalist
There are corporate private investigators, companies doing very forensic background checks on people. They buy data, they get their own data... They don't want their industry publicised.
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Pat Brown
American Entertainer
While there are many wonderful police investigators out there doing some very fine work, the majority of the time it is not brains that catches serial killers.
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Sara Paretsky
American Author
I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.
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Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!
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Richard G. Scott
American Clergyman
If we are not careful, we will convey the message that investigators have to be perfect. Not true!
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Kevin Gates
American Musician
I don't believe in conspiracy theories. I'm just a cold-blooded investigator.
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Eric Swalwell
American Politician
We should trust judges to be independent, investigators to be independent.
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Miranda Lambert
American Musician
My parents are private investigators for God's sake.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
American Actor
Actors are investigators.
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Hilarie Burton
American Actress
My weekends are spent hidden in the woods, and then I have to come back and pretend to be this very upper-crust insurance investigator. But, I mean, duality's nice. You never get bored. You can't say the grass is always greener if you're in both backyards.
Quote examples
Heather Brooke
American Journalist
There are corporate private investigators, companies doing very forensic background checks on people. They buy data, they get their own data... They don't want their industry publicised.
Quote examples
Pat Brown
American Entertainer
While there are many wonderful police investigators out there doing some very fine work, the majority of the time it is not brains that catches serial killers.
Quote examples
Sara Paretsky
American Author
I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.
Quote examples
Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!
Quote examples
Richard G. Scott
American Clergyman
If we are not careful, we will convey the message that investigators have to be perfect. Not true!
Quote examples
Kevin Gates
American Musician
I don't believe in conspiracy theories. I'm just a cold-blooded investigator.
Quote examples
Eric Swalwell
American Politician
We should trust judges to be independent, investigators to be independent.
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Miranda Lambert
American Musician
My parents are private investigators for God's sake.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
American Actor
Actors are investigators.
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