investigable

[ in-ves-ti-guh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being investigated.

Other Words From

• unin·vesti·ga·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of investigable¹

1585–95; < Late Latin investīgābilis, equivalent to Latin investīgā ( re ) to track down ( investigate ) + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

It would also add language-based discrimination to the list of investigable actions, a reflection of the growing number of Asian-American voters, many of whom whose first language is not English.

From US News

But Mormonism’s are more recent and investigable than most.

From New York Times

To things substantial we refer as well sacred and significant ceremonies as the more necessary and essential parts of worship, and, in a word, all things which are not mere external circumstances, such as were not particularly determinable within those bounds which it pleased God to set to his written word, and the right ordering whereof, as it is common to all human societies, whether civil or sacred, so it is investigable by the very light and guidance of natural reason.

From Project Gutenberg