Reinvestigating

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Carrying out a new or additional inquiry into a matter to obtain more information
2. Undertaking a fresh or renewed examination to reconsider previous findings or evidence
3. Performing a repeated or extended inspection or study to clarify or challenge earlier conclusions

Etymology: This is an inflected form, so it needs only a sentence or two. "Reinvestigating" is the present participle of "reinvestigate," which is formed from the prefix "re-", meaning "again," and "investigate," which comes from the Latin "investigare," meaning "to track out" or "to search into." The base verb carries the sense of tracking something down step by step, and adding "re-" simply signals that the tracking is being repeated.

Synonyms: reexamining, reviewing, investigating again