investigative
/ɪnˈves·tɪˌgeɪ·t̬ɪv/ adjDefinition
› intended to examine something carefully, esp. to discover the truth about it: an investigative panel He's one of the paper's strongest investigative reporters (= someone whose job is gathering facts to be published).
(Definition of investigative adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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