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Investigating

Definition: Investigating

Investigating

Noun

1. The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "investigating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Investigating

DomainDefinition

Medicine

Nature, causes and development of diseases. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Investigating

Synonym: investigation (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Investigating

English words defined with "investigating": crashImaginary calculus, Indagativeserieswreck. (references)
Specialty definitions using "investigating": animal humane agent supervisorCenter for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, CHIEF ENGINEER, RESEARCH, CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR, COMMANDER, INTERNAL AFFAIRSDebugging and specification of Ada real time embedded systems, Delta-4, director of social services, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumorfejlfinding og specifikation af tidstro indbyggede Ada-systemer, FIELD-SERVICE ENGINEERGENERAL CLAIMS AGENTIomega CorporationLIAISON ENGINEERMANAGER, CREDIT AND COLLECTION, MANAGER, CUSTOMER SERVICE, marine core drill, microlaterologREGULATORY ADMINISTRATOR, Ritter, Johann Wilhelmstress testing, Superfund, superintendent, city plant, SUPERINTENDENT, DISTRIBUTION II, superintendent, gas distribution, superintendent, operations division, SUPERVISOR, ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATION, SUPERVISOR, HISTORIC SITES, SUPERVISOR, PROTECTIVE-SIGNAL OPERATIONSWEBSTER, WELFARE DIRECTOR. (references)
Etymologies containing "investigating": Investigate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Investigating

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Maybe it's time you started investigating yourself (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Are you planning on doing any investigating, or are you just gonna take the guided tour (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

I'm not a-scared of you. If you could count they wouldn't be investigating your taxes (The Honeymooners; writing credit: Herbert Finn; Marvin Marx)

After investigating her, I found myself in better shape than ever before in my life (Zero Effect; writing credit: Jake Kasdan)

We're investigating the murder of Julian Crane (Passions; writing credit: Jean Chapot; Nelly Kaplan)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Investigating

DomainTitle

Books

  • Clues: Investigating Solutions in Brief Therapy (reference)

  • Ghost: Investigating the Other Side (reference)

  • Investigating Biology (4th Edition) (reference)

  • Investigating the Paranormal (reference)

  • Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Lost Book of Abraham : Investigating a Remarkable Mormon Claim (reference)

  • El Che: Investigating A Legend (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Investigating

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Photo Album: Investigating

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St. Mary's College of Maryland student investigating the various seaweeds and invertebrates found in Massachusetts tide pools. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Late afternoon sun while returning from investigating a tropical disturbance. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Investigating some of biota on the reef took close observations in difficult circumstances. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Mountain Elk Wall, a student intern from the Salish/Kootenai College on the Flathead Indian Reservation, is working on a native grasslands study, transecting different populations of grasses to see if they are deteriorating or growing, and investigating w. Credit: Bob Nichols.

A team in Togo investigating the density of mosquito larvae in streams and marshy land. / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume I, page 189, depicting Federal ships investigating Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, prior to their successful attack on Confederate fortifications there. Ships and other items identified across the bottom of the print include (from left to right): USS Mercury, with Generals Sherman and Stevens & staff on board; USS Penguin, with Hilton Head Battery beyond; USS Pawnee; Broad River (in distance); CSS Huntress (distance); USS Seneca; steamer Screamer (distance); USS Ottawa with Capt. Rogers & General Wright on board; steamer Everglades (distance, beyond Ottawa; USS Pembina; CSS Lady Davis (distance); Beaufort River (distance); Bay Point Battery (distance); USS Curlew; Confederate camp (distance); USS Isaac Smith. Credit: NAVY.

Frank Costello, half-length portrait, seated, behind microphone, testifying before the Kefauver Committee investigating organized crime] / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Al Aumuller..

Howard Hughes (right), seated with his attorney T.A. Slack, before testifying before the Senate War Investigating subcommittee. Credit: Library of Congress.

W.W. Tarbell of Bethel, Conn., testified before the Senate Committee investigating the Naval Oil Inquiry today. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Senate committee investigating the charges against Senator B.K. Wheeler, ... Left to right: Senators Wm. E. Borah of Idaho chairman, C.A. Swanson of Va., T.H. Caraway of Ark., C.L. McNary of Ore., Thos. Sterling, of S.D. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Investigating

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

NCID also assists local health departments in investigating outbreaks. (references)

Scientists also are investigating strategies for weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes. (references)

Other trials will be added to already ongoing trials that are investigating treatments or prevention strategies for other conditions. (references)

Business

EU law is currently investigating a possible damages system for those who break a contract. (references)

Many operators are still investigating advanced systems that are able to consistently and accurately pinpoint a phone’s location before offering the service to the mass market. (references)

Participation in German trade fairs is one of the most cost-effective ways of testing the market’s receptivity to a product, investigating competitors and of finding customers or potential agents and distributors. (references)

Children

Barbados

This involves investigating cases of child abuse or child labor, the provision of counseling services, residential placement, and foster care. (references)

Taiwan

In 2000 the MOI assisted city and county governments in establishing 10 daycare facilities and 18 child protection centers, accommodating more than 1,400 children and investigating over 1,300 cases. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sweden

Prosecutors were investigating these cases at year's end. (references)

Economic History

Romania

Investigating a company's bona fides is not always easy in Romania. (references)

Tanzania

Several American companies are investigating the possibility of moving into the market. (references)

Turkey

The Prime Ministry's Inspection Department is responsible for investigating major corruption cases. (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

Police were investigating the cases at year's end. (references)

Mexico

Mexico City police were investigating the incident at year's end. (references)

Russia

The local procurator was investigating the incident at year's end. (references)

Minorities

Argentina

INADI was investigating the case. (references)

United Kingdom

After investigating a complaint, the CRE may issue a notice requiring that the discrimination be stopped. (references)

Romania

The police cooperated with the Baha'is in investigating the incident, but it had not been resolved by year's end. (references)

Political Economy

Brazil

In early 1999, a senate committee of inquiry (CPI) began investigating irregularities in the judiciary branch. (references)

Sudan

While the council is charged with investigating human rights complaints, its effectiveness was hampered by lack of cooperation on the part of some of the ministry and agency offices. (references)

East Timor

Indonesian cooperation in investigating and prosecuting Manning's assailants came only after UNTAET concluded a supplemental agreement with Indonesian authorities in West Timor in June. (references)

Political Rights

Jamaica

Local police were investigating at year's end. (references)

Taiwan

Early in the year, it worked to ensure fair Farmer's Association elections, investigating 330 suspected vote-buying cases. (references)

Ethiopia

Free radio broadcast time was set aside for the elections, and 225 independent candidates and 33 political parties made use of it. By the end of 2000, the NEB had begun investigating abuses of election laws related to candidate registration for the national elections in the SNNPRS and the Gambella region; however, the NEB later decided there were no irregularities in this region. (references)

Trade

China

Trade officials responsible for investigating dumping allegations have, however, been working to increase transparency and address other technical issues. (references)

Women

Nicaragua

On October 19, the IACHR decided to accept the Narvaez case and was investigating it at year's end. (references)

El Salvador

The PNC maintained that it was investigating the allegations in accordance with standard operating procedures. (references)

Worker Rights

Lithuania

A limited number of police agents are involved in investigating trafficking cases. (references)

Lithuania

Trade union leaders claim that this law prevents unions from investigating labor disputes in the workplace. (references)

Italy

The Government also has cooperated with foreign governments investigating and prosecuting trafficking cases. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Investigating

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rudy Giuliani

I don't know yet. I'm working on that. It could be about my experiences fighting crime, investigating, the trafficking, the Mafia, white-collar crime, going back to when I was an assistant U.S. attorney.

Rush Limbaugh

If they were investigating Enron, they'd be calling people up, demanding they testify about what happened to the people's money and whose back pocket it went into.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Investigating

"Investigating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.89% of the time. "Investigating" is used about 1,193 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)94.89%1,1326,752
Adjective (general or positive)3.69%4451,500
Noun (proper)1.17%1493,893
Noun (singular)0.25%3202,518
                    Total100.00%1,193N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Investigating

Expressions using "investigating": investigating committee investigating judge investigating magistrate. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "investigating": re-investigating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Investigating

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

private investigating

28

investigating

11

investigating sex

6

crime investigating scene

6

school for private investigating

5

paranormal investigating

4

audit auditing card control gao government guide internal investigating program purchase

4

investigating sexual harassment

3

people investigating

3

investigating social world

3

investigating software

2

investigating online

2

eyewitness investigating news report

2

investigating police shooting

2

fraud investigating

2

investigating tessellation

2
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Modern Translation: Investigating

Language Translations for "investigating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

侦查 (Detection, Inquisition, investigate, Investigated). (various references)

   

Danish

  

paa nogle institutter undersoeges specielt transportprocesser og overfladereaktioner ved behandling af overfladevand (various institutes are specially investigating the transport processes and contact surfacereactions in the treatment of surface water), af alle kendte metoder til at undersoege umetalliske indeslutninger er undersoegelsen af polerede slib i det lysoptiske metalmikroskop uden tvivl langt den hyppigst anvendte (is certainly the most widely applied, metallographic examination by reflected light from polished metal surfaces using an optical microscope, of all the known methods for investigating non-metatlic inclusions). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

in enige instituten worden vooral de transportverschijnselen en de reacties aan het grensvlak bij de behandeling van het oppervlaktewater onderzocht (various institutes are specially investigating the transport processes and contact surfacereactions in the treatment of surface water), van alle bekende methoden van het onderzoeken van niet-metallische insluitingen is bestuderen van gepolijste preparaatoppervlakken in een lichtmicroscoop zonder twijfel de meest gebruikte (is certainly the most widely applied, metallographic examination by reflected light from polished metal surfaces using an optical microscope, of all the known methods for investigating non-metatlic inclusions). (various references)

   

French

  

recherche (investigation, scientific investigation). (various references)

   

German

  

untersuchend (assaying, examining, researching, scanning, vetting), erforschend (delving, exploratory, investigative). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απ'όλες τις γνωστές μεθόδους των μη μεταλλικών εγκλεισμάτων,η μεταλλογραφική εξέταση,με οπτικό μικροσκόπιο ανάκλασης,λείων μεταλλικών επ (of all the known methods for investigating non-metatlic inclusions), διάφορα ινστιτούτα ερευνούν ειδικά τις διαδικασίες μεταφοράς και τις αντιδράσεις στις οριακές επιφάνειες κατά τη διάρκεια επεξεργασίας τ (various institutes are specially investigating the transport processes and contact surfacereactions in the treatment of surface water). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tra tutti i metodi noti peresaminare le inclusioni non metalliche, quello certamente più largamente applicato è l'esame di superfici polimentate usando un microscopio metallografico ottico (is certainly the most widely applied, metallographic examination by reflected light from polished metal surfaces using an optical microscope, of all the known methods for investigating non-metatlic inclusions), nel trattamento delle acque superficiali alcuni istituti analizzano più in particolare i processi di trasporto e le reazioni della superficie di separazione (various institutes are specially investigating the transport processes and contact surfacereactions in the treatment of surface water), giudice istruttore (examining magistrate, investigating judge, investigating magistrate). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

偵知 (spying). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ていち (anchorage, bottom land, depression, fixed, low, low ground, lowlands, plain, spying). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

수사 (Franciscan). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

investigatingay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

no tratamento da água superficial,alguns institutos analisam sobretudo os processos de transporte e as reacções da superfície de separação (various institutes are specially investigating the transport processes and contact surfacereactions in the treatment of surface water). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

comisie de anchetã (board of enquiry, court of inquiry, investigating committee). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

исследовать исследование исследующий. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cnuasanach (a. given to collecting or investigating). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de todos los métodos conocidos para el estudio de las inclusiones no metálicas, el examen metalográfico al microscopio óptico por la reflexión de las superficies de metales pulimentados, es sin duda el más utilizado (is certainly the most widely applied, metallographic examination by reflected light from polished metal surfaces using an optical microscope, of all the known methods for investigating non-metatlic inclusions), ciertas instituciones analizan de forma más especial los procesos de transporte y las reacciones de la superficie de separación en el tratamiento de las aguas superficiales (various institutes are specially investigating the transport processes and contact surfacereactions in the treatment of surface water). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Investigating

Derivations

Words ending with "investigating": reinvestigating. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Investigating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: invesitigating, investigaton. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Investigating"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "investigating" (pronounced i'nve"stugā'ting)
8-s t u g ā' t i ngcastigating, instigating.
7-t u g ā' t i ngmitigating.
6-u g ā' t i ngabrogating, delegating, interrogating, navigating, propagating, relegating.
5-g ā' t i nglitigating, promulgating, segregating.
4-ā' t i nganticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, abbreviating, abdicating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, articulating, assassinating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castrating, celebrating, chlorinating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, cooperating, coordinating, corroborating, culminating, cultivating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, discriminating, disintegrating, disseminating, dissipating, domesticating, dominating, donating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, exterminating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impersonating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, insulating, integrating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, laminating, legislating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, locating, lubricating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, predominating, procrastinating, prognosticating, proliferating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resonating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, separating, simulating, speculating, stagnating, stimulating, stipulating, subordinating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, terminating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, urinating, vacillating, validating, ventilating.
3-t i ngannotating, appointing, abutting, accenting, accepting, abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Investigating

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-i-i-i-n-n-s-t-t-v"

-2 letters: instigating, instigative.

-3 letters: envisaging, estivating, nativities, negativing, negativist, tetanising, vignetting.

-4 letters: agentings, gestating, inanities, ingesting, initiates, insetting, instating, instigate, investing, signeting, tantivies, vaginitis, vitiating.

-5 letters: agenting, agisting, antigens, avenging, estating, gentians, gingivae, ginniest, igniting, initiate, insignia, inviting, naggiest, nativist, negating, nettings, sainting, singeing, staining, stanging, stannite, stinging, stinting, tainting, tangents, tangiest, tingeing, tinniest, tintings.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-i-i-i-n-n-s-t-t-v"
 

+2 letters: reinvestigating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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