examine vs investigate

Both 'examine' and 'investigate' are correct and commonly used in English. They can be used interchangeably in many contexts, but 'examine' is often used in a more general sense, while 'investigate' implies a more thorough and detailed inquiry.

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examine

The word 'examine' is correct and commonly used in English.

It means to inspect or scrutinize something closely. It is often used in a general sense to refer to looking at something carefully or in detail.

Examples:

The doctor will examine the patient before making a diagnosis.
Please examine the evidence before drawing any conclusions.

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Let us now examine together the BIOS.
This integration lets you use Analytics reports to examine your results.
Well, that's something we can examine... and be absolutely certain about.
I strongly recommend the company examine oiI-shaIe positions.
Your doctors here will examine your sputum and continue antibiotics.
Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz examine space and architecture.
To examine the defined data points...
I'll examine the donor heart.
The Joint Monitoring Committee shall examine all issues affecting the programme performance.
Where possible, evaluation reports should examine gender mainstreaming in programme activities.
Energy-guzzling humanity can ill afford not to examine this possibility.
It is necessary to examine everything imbedded.
But let's examine the subject more systematically.
People don't examine things clearly.
We need to examine ourselves and our motivation.
You need to examine your credit report.
Warned by this lesson, often examine yourself.
Children that are examine regularly to evaluate growth and their advancement.
The artists hereby examine obscurely how everything is entangled and connected.
This animation demonstrates instruments used to examine atmospheric phenomena.

Alternatives:

inspect
scrutinize
study
analyze
review

investigate

The word 'investigate' is correct and commonly used in English.

It means to carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of a situation. It implies a more thorough and detailed examination compared to 'examine'.

Examples:

The police will investigate the crime scene to gather evidence.
The committee will investigate the allegations of misconduct.

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But now Ricard can investigate the matter.
Your orders were to investigate and report.
Attorney agrees to investigate my wife's murder.
Inspector... please investigate this thoroughly.
The Senate Intelligence Committee authorised a panel to investigate the problem.
NASA wants us to investigate scientists and astronauts.
We'll investigate next week on Sinister Sites.
Delle Seyah sent her people to investigate.
You send men to investigate its contents.
MINUSCA sent a mission to investigate the incident.
Request permission to investigate this vehicle.
Strengthen local capacities to investigate organised criminal activities.
Optical devices help us to investigate world around.
Both works investigate the boundaries between human and non-human.
This partnership tries to investigate and find solutions to this question.
Sometimes an Inquiry Commission was constituted to investigate the charge.
A murder investigation requires that we find suspects to investigate.
But the physician and scientist must investigate all possibilities.
The woman from the college who wants to investigate Rose Red called again.
Constable Ichabod Crane, sent from New York to investigate the murders.

Alternatives:

probe
look into
research
explore
delve into

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