The insurance investigator reviewed the damage reports and interviewed witnesses to determine the cause of the fire.
保险调查员审查了损失报告并采访了目击者，以确定火灾的原因。
Which choice best defines “investigator”?
C — A person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation. “investigator” means a person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation.
Which word means “a person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation”?
D — investigator. “investigator” means a person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation.
investigator — a person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation. In Chinese: 调查员.
investigator is pronounced /ɪnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪtər/.
The insurance investigator reviewed the damage reports and interviewed witnesses to determine the cause of the fire. (保险调查员审查了损失报告并采访了目击者，以确定火灾的原因。)
detective, examiner, inquirer — all close in meaning to investigator (a person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation).
Yes. investigator is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.