| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| FBI menyelidiki FBI? | The FBI investigates the FBI. |
| Tidak, saya beritahu Komandan barak Kolonel Jessup ... bahwa saya akan turun untuk menyelidiki. | I notified the barracks C.O. Colonel Jessup... that I would be coming down to investigate. |
| Sebaiknya kita menyelidiki itu. | I think we need to investigate this. |
| Andrew, kau dikirim ke Brasil untuk menyelidiki tampilan Perawan Maria di sisi bangunan. | Andrew, you were sent to brazil to investigate the appearance of the Virgin Mary on the side of a building. |
| Kau tidak menyelidiki Tae Gong Sil hari ini? | Aren't you going to go investigate Tae Gong Shil today? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بحث | Catalan | investigar |
| Dutch | naspeuren,navorsen, navragen, onderzoeken | English | investigate |
| Esperanto | enketi | French | enquêter, investiguer |
| German | investigieren, nachforschen, untersuchen | Greek | ανακρίνω, διερευνώ |
| Hungarian | kutat | Icelandic | rannsaka |
| Italian | indagare, inquisire, investigare | Japanese | 取り調べる, 捜査, 調べる, 調査, 追及 |
| Latvian | pētīt | Lithuanian | tirti |
| Maori | tūhura, whakatewhatewha | Norwegian | etterforske, undersøkja |
| Polish | dociec, prześledzić | Portuguese | averiguar |
| Russian | расследовать | Spanish | indagar, pesquisar, residenciar |
| Thai | ตรวจสอบ, สอบสวน, สืบสวน | Turkish | araştırılabilmek, araştırılmak |
| Vietnamese | điều tra |