'Investigated' in the Bible

So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at the entrance of Hamath.

Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investigated, saying, "The land that we passed through to investigate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature.

And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.

According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days -- one day for a year -- you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.

They said to one another, "Who did this?" They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators hanged on a gallows. It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king's presence.

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good."

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully.