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Example sentences for "investigate the"

  • It appears, too, that the fame of these events reached the royal ear, and that some gentlemen were sent by the King to investigate the circumstances, and draw up a report of what they saw or heard.

  • Manners was not a little anxious for his friend also; but he saw Marian's still deeper anxiety, and he strove tenderly to avoid giving her greater pain than necessary, while he yet continued to investigate the cause of her lover's absence.

  • When I had said this to my wife, she made up her mind to investigate the marvel of the concealed teeth while the king was asleep, since he was to visit her at night.

  • And in course of time other citizens, appointed to investigate the matter, admitted that all their children were living.

  • When the king heard that, he was terrified, and sent his own general to the house of Bhimaparakrama, to investigate the matter.

  • When the astrologers heard the lunar mansion stated by her attendants, they pretended to investigate the matter, and kept saying in the course of their calculations, "It is not on this side, it must be after that.

  • If you approve, I will go there to investigate the matter.

  • He concluded with moving for the appointment of a committee to investigate the charges, and it was finally agreed that the inquiry should be carried on by a committee of the whole house.

  • The subject was brought under discussion again on the 7th of June, by Sir Francis Burdett, who moved that the evidence taken by the commission instituted to investigate the practice of the court of chancery be printed.

  • A secret committee had been appointed to investigate the abuses of the Indian government.

  • The report was kept out of sight, but General Burgoyne, who had been one of the board of officers to investigate the plan, called for it; alleging that it did not wholly sanction the measure.

  • I will send one of Briscoe's grooms to investigate the premises.

  • He had fancied it only a fragment of the rock falling, and had not the curiosity to leave his occupation and go so far to investigate the nature of a circumstance seemingly of so little significance.

  • If we investigate the foundations of the divine religions, we find them to be one, absolutely changeless and never subject to transformation.

  • Because they were blindly following imitations, believing that which had descended to them as a heritage from their fathers and ancestors; tenaciously holding to it and refusing to investigate the reality of Christ.

  • If we investigate the religions to discover the principles underlying their foundations we will find they agree, for the fundamental reality of them is one and not multiple.

  • The girls adjourned into the drawing-room to investigate the difficulty, and found the felting neatly fastened at three sides, but steadily refusing to come within inches of the fourth wall.

  • He appealed to Rome, and the Bishop of Speier was ordered to investigate the case.

  • The question of the Malabar Rites was carried once more to Rome, and de Tournon, Patriarch of Antioch, was sent as legate to investigate the case (1703).

  • Another committee was appointed to investigate the cause of dissension, and if possible to suggest a modus vivendi.

  • M910) On the 7th March the House appointed a committee to investigate the matter, with power to send for persons and papers.

  • This letter having been read to the Court of Aldermen on the 19th February, counsel was instructed to investigate the City’s interest in Ireland.

  • This made the Common Council very angry, and the mayor and sheriffs were desired to investigate the matter.

  • Before leaving Springfield to investigate the condition at Pullman, Gov.

  • He did not enter the harbor but sent his lieutenant in a whale boat to investigate the state of affairs.

  • Keen's pages would be likely to investigate the statement.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "investigate the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    above referred; are now; course there; denying ordinance; first appearance; free from the law; free passage; fundamental principles; great train; high explosive; history tells; investigate the; lecture tour; miserere nobis; much account; musket ball; public proclamation; publication office; thirty grains; time they; true understanding; yesterday evening