1.
[syn: fact-finding, investigative, investigatory]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Investigative \In*ves"ti*ga*tive\, a.
Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
investigative
adj 1: designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-
finding committee"; "investigative reporting" [syn:
fact-finding, investigative, investigatory]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "investigative":
analytic, curious, examinational, examinatorial, examining,
explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling,
groping, heuristic, indagative, inquiring, inspectional,
inspectorial, investigational, investigatory, questioning,
tentative, testing, trying, zetetic