Synonyms for investigator
ɪnˈvɛs tɪˌgeɪ tərin·ves·ti·ga·tor

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1. research worker, researcher, investigatornoun

   a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

   Synonyms:
   tec, researcher, research worker, police detective, detective

2. investigatornoun

   someone who investigates

   Synonyms:
   tec, researcher, research worker, police detective, detective

3. detective, investigator, tec, police detectivenoun

   a police officer who investigates crimes

   Synonyms:
   researcher, tec, research worker, police detective, detective

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1. investigatornoun

   Synonyms:
   inquirer, searcher

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1. List of paraphrases for "investigator":

   researcher, mohaqiq, investigators, researchers, detective, scientist, searcher, scholar, interviewer, mohaqeq, investigating, interrogator, coroner

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1. Seth Williams:

   This is the kind of case that can shake the public’s confidence in the system, an experienced investigator used his specialized knowledge to prevent his own colleagues from apprehending a murder suspect.

2. Jack Sellers:

   This board is done explaining anything to these people who are playing investigator with our constituents' ballots and equipment, paid for with real people's tax dollars. People's ballots and money are not make-believe, it's time to be done with this craziness.

3. David Bakara:

   I wanted to take what I know about Bigfoot as an active researcher and investigator, but Im also a huge Disney World fan, i was thinking, Maybe I can make this thing like a family attraction.

4. Major Scott Champagne:

   It was huge, any homicide investigator will tell you that one of the first things is knowing your victim, understanding the victim. In a majority of homicide investigations, the victim had known their assailant. It’s not unusual. So for us to be able to finally identify the victim months later allowed us to get the ball rolling on the investigation. We went full steam ahead at that point.

5. Chuck Grassley:

   Taking advices (sic) as he did from the deputy Attorney General Rosenstein that Comey should not have acted both as a prosecutor and an investigator. In other words, he should be investigating the Justice Department, under then-(Attorney General) Lynch should have made the decision on prosecuting. He seemed to take responsibility for both, which I think is main reason the President made his decision.