Word Study
investigative
CIDE DICTIONARY
investigative, a.
Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
investigative, adj. seeking or serving to investigate, esp. (of journalism) inquiring intensively into controversial issues.
THESAURUS
investigative
analytic, curious, examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, groping, heuristic, indagative, inquiring, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational, investigatory, questioning, tentative, testing, trying, zeteticFor further exploring for "investigative" in Webster Dictionary Online