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Definition of Investigatory
1. Adjective. Designed to find information or ascertain facts. "Investigative reporting"
Similar to: Inquiring
Derivative terms: Investigate, Investigate
Definition of Investigatory
1. Adjective. Aimed at investigating; investigative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Investigatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Investigatory
Literary usage of Investigatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Judicial Evidence by Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1825)
"THE LAW OP ENGLAND IN REGARD TO investigatory PROCEDURE. HAVING shewn how necessary
the power of investigation is to justice, it will not be foreign to our ..."
2. Vocabulary of Philosophy: Psychological, Ethical, Metaphysical, with by William Fleming, Henry Calderwood (1890)
"The two notions, of investigatory dialogue and distribution of notions according
to their kinds, which are thus asserted to be connected in etymology, ..."
3. Cocaine & Federal Sentencing Policy by Richard P. Conaboy (1997)
"G. THE IMPACT OF PROSECUTORIAL AND investigatory DISCRETION ON COCAINE OFFENDERS
AND SENTENCES Discretion exercised by prosecutors and investigators working ..."
4. Freedom of Information Act Guide and Privacy Act Overview, (1996) by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"the FOIA Reform Act's removal of the requirement that records or information
be "investigatory" in character in order to qualify for Exemption 7 ..."
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