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What is the adjective for investigatively?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb investigate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

investigational
  1. Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
  2. (medicine) of, or relating to an unapproved drug or chemical entity being studied.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. exploratory, experimental, trial, test, pilot, provisional, empirical, preliminary, probing, investigative, tentative, searching, analytic, explorative, examining, fact-finding, inquisitive, penetrating, inquiring, enquiring, piercing, deep, in-depth, discerning, penetrative, developmental, probationary, speculative, intent, prototype, laboratory, trial and error, under the microscope, thorough, quizzical, pointed, minute, questioning, curious, interested, analytical, inquisitorial, scrutinizing, interrogative, scrutinising, prying, intrusive, snoopy, inspecting, peering … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “We were then able to start our feasibility trial in the United States for an investigational device exemption.”
      “The authors discuss several investigational approaches that are currently being studied in clinical trials.”
      “Pupils at the college are encouraged to adopt an active investigational approach to their learning, designed to stimulate an enquiring mind.”
investigative
  1. Of or pertaining to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. inquisitive, probing, curious, enquiring, inquiring, questioning, interested, prying, searching, analytical, intrusive, exploratory, scrutinising, scrutinizing, inspecting, examining, snoopy, disquisitive, tampering, researching, peering, research, inspective, investigating, undercover, fact-finding, inquisitorial, interrogative, experimental, quizzical, investigatory, analytic, nosy, meddling, interfering, meddlesome, nosey, penetrating, explorative, intrigued, trial, empirical, keen, officious, inquisitory, interrogational, tentative, cross-examining, heuristic, querying … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It has been suggested that British investigative journalists may be responsible.”
      “We commit to continuing to publish the serious scoops, the weighty investigative pieces and the incisive political analysis.”
      “Mr Marsh had said it was a good piece of investigative journalism which was marred by flawed reporting.”
investigatory
  1. Aimed at investigating; investigative.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. probing, inquisitive, curious, enquiring, inquiring, investigative, searching, interested, exploratory, analytical, penetrating, keen, piercing, thorough, discerning, researching, discriminating, intense, fact-finding, interrogative, research, prying, evidential, disquisitive, information-gathering, examining, catechistic, investigating, inspective, speculative, studious, heuristic, questioning, inquisitorial, scrutinizing, scrutinising, quizzical, snoopy, nosy, intrusive, querying, snooping, intrigued, analytic, nebby, meddling, nosey, meddlesome, interfering, officious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “No investigatory tribunal has ever been established for the Thatcher period.”
      “The genius he displayed was of a scientific order, his talent was of an investigatory habit, and his curiosity was unappeasable.”
      “All this strengthens the case for an independent, blue-ribbon investigatory commission, as urged by the Senator.”
investigable
  1. (philosophy) Capable of being investigated or studied.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. explorable, browsable, browseable, examinable, investigatable, researchable, searchable
  3. Examples:
      4. “This yields the cell, its individual parts, and the internal means of production, highly investigable.”
      “The infringements provided for in this Chapter shall be punishable and investigable ex officio.”
      “Business and Executive Reports are investigable.”
investigatable
  1. Alternative form of investigable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. explorable, browsable, browseable, examinable, investigable, researchable, searchable
investigated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of investigate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. asked, enquired, queried, questioned, quizzed, grilled, interrogated, interviewed, probed, examined, inquired, pressed, prest, scrutinized, canvassed, catechized, checked, cross-examined, inquisitioned, pumped, cross-questioned, enquired of, felt out, found out, hit, hit up, made inquiries, needled, put a question to, requested information, requested information of, roasted, scrutinised, sought an answer, sought information, sought information of, sounded out, sweat, sweated, wanted to know, went over, buzzed, inquired of, picked one's brains, put out feelers, tested, tested the waters, popped the question, pried into, put the screws to … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This aspect of validity is concerned with to what extent it is possible to generalize the findings, and to what extent the findings are of interest to other people outside the investigated case.”
investigating
  1. present participle of investigate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feeling, testing, checking, examining, inspecting, probing, analyzing, assessing, evaluating, exploring, trying, analysing, trying out, running one's hands over, palpating, researching, considering, studying, looking into, scrutinizing, reviewing, going into, looking over, sifting, auditing, querying, delving into, enquiring into, inquiring into, dissecting, appraising, questioning, scouting, prospecting, casing, brainstorming, interrogating, eyeballing, checking out, going over, vetting, spying, searching the evidence concerning, surveying, asking questions of, recceing, making inquiry, searching into, bugging, doing research into … more
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