Indagare
Example: La polizia ha deciso di indagare sul caso misterioso.
Definition
"Indagare" means to investigate or examine carefully in order to discover facts or gather information, often used in contexts like police or research inquiries, as in the sentence: The police decided to investigate the mysterious case.
Etymology
The word "indagare" comes from Latin 'indagare', meaning 'to track, trace, or investigate'. It originally referred to the act of tracking animals by their footprints, which evolved metaphorically into investigating or examining a matter closely.
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