SAT vocabulary
Investigate
To carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegiance, etc.) so as to establish the truth.
Example
"The police were called to investigate the mysterious disappearance."
Etymology
From Latin 'investigare', meaning 'to track, to search into'.
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