Meaning
to investigate
- to carry out a systematic or formal inquiry into something, especially a crime or issue
In a sentence
La polizia continua a investigare sulle cause dell'incendio.
The police continue to investigate the causes of the fire.
Un giornalista indipendente ha deciso di investigare sulla vicenda.
An independent journalist decided to investigate the matter.
Dobbiamo ancora investigare tutti i dettagli di questo reclamo?
Do we still need to investigate all the details of this complaint?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| investigare | infinitive |
| investigo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| investighi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| investiga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| investighiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| investigate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| investigano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| investigavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| investigavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| investigava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| investigavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| investigavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| investigavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| investigai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| investigasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| investigò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| investigammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| investigaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| investigarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| investigherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| investigherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| investigherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| investigheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| investigherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| investigheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| investighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| investighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| investighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| investighiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| investighiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| investighino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| investigassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| investigassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| investigasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| investigassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| investigaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| investigassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| investigherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| investigheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| investigherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| investigheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| investighereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| investigherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| investiga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| investighiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| investigate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| investigando | gerund |
| investigato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Can be transitive ('investigare un caso') or intransitive with 'su' ('investigare sul caso').