investigator

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One who investigates.

   That the Oath Keepers recording went uninvestigated by the FBI until after January 6 is an “additional piece of information that congressional investigators in particular on the January 6th committee and the other Homeland Security committees should be looking at to determine whether or not the FBI and other law enforcement organizations were doing enough on the prevention side,” Cordero told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Tuesday.

2. 2
   noun

   a police officer who investigates crimes

3. 3
   noun

   someone who investigates

4. 4
   noun

   a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

Etymology

Attested in the mid‐16th century; from Latin investigator, from investigare, equivalent to investigate + -or.