English-Portuguese translations for investigation

• investigação
  Exijo que o OLAF proceda à devida investigação. I hereby demand that OLAF mount the appropriate investigation.
  Proceder-se-á a uma investigação. There will be an investigation.
  Peço uma investigação sobre o assunto.I want an investigation into this.

Definition of investigation

• The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination

Examples

• The investigation into the crime has led to various leads as well as plenty of dead ends.
• Despite thorough investigation, the perpetrator of the attacks remains unknown.

Related words

• investigate
• investigator
• investigating
• investigations
• investigatory
• investigative
• uninvestigated
• investigatrix
• investigative journalism