Literary notes about Investigate (AI summary)
In literature, "investigate" is employed in a variety of ways that reflect both literal and metaphorical quests for truth and understanding. It often denotes a methodical inquiry into mysteries or crimes, as seen in detective narratives where characters seek to uncover hidden truths [1][2][3]. At the same time, the word carries an abstract, philosophical weight in works that examine the nature of experience or morality, inviting readers to probe the deeper significance of phenomena [4][5][6]. Whether the inquiry is physical, as in a search for factual evidence, or mental, as in a meditation on ideas, the term underscores a persistent human desire to unravel complexities and grasp the essence of things [7][8][9].
- We had gone to investigate a murder case and had found the body frozen stiff.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - “ Messieurs, mesdames , as you all know, I was called in by Monsieur John Cavendish to investigate this case.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - He put on his hat and walked quickly down the garden, determined to investigate the matter to the very bottom.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - Led by French scientists of the Sorbonne, Western thinkers are beginning to investigate the possibility of divine perception in man.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - If I wish to investigate the properties of a thinking being, I must interrogate experience.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - We shall now proceed to investigate the sources of all these attempts of reason to establish the existence of a Supreme Being.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - “The thing is worth looking into, and I will take pains to investigate the matter thoroughly.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - In addition, it is frequently necessary to investigate the connotation people like to give certain words, otherwise misunderstandings are inevitable.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - Was it worth while to investigate, to ascertain the facts, to waste time over anyone like Svidrigaïlov?
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky