# Investigator

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**Investigator** may refer to:

## Occupations

### Government and law

- [Detective](/source/Detective), a person who investigates crimes, can be a rank and job in a police department, state or federal employee, or a civilian called a private detective
- [Inspector](/source/Inspector), a police rank in many countries

### Science and academia

- [Clinical investigator](/source/Clinical_investigator), an investigator involved in a clinical trial
- [New investigator](/source/New_investigator), a designation for less experienced researchers
- [Principal investigator](/source/Principal_investigator), a researcher in a research project
- the [Investigator](/source/HMS_Investigator_(1801)), a sloop, captained by [Matthew Flinders](/source/Matthew_Flinders), which made the first circumnavigation of the Australian coast.

### Other fields

- [Private investigator](/source/Private_investigator), a person who does not work for the police or government, but who undertakes investigations as a subcontractor
- [Ghost hunter](/source/Ghost_hunting) or other paranormal investigator
- [Psychic detective](/source/Psychic_detective), a person who investigates crimes by using purported psychic abilities
- In [Mormon missionary](/source/Missionary_(LDS_Church)) terminology, an [investigator](/source/Investigator_(LDS)) refers to someone who is investigating the LDS Church. Generally, a non-member who is taking the missionary discussions.

## Media

- [*Investigator* (magazine)](/source/Investigator_(magazine)), journal of the Geelong Historical Society
- *[The Investigator](/source/The_Investigator)*, a 1954 Canadian radio play
- [*The Investigator* (TV pilot)](/source/The_Investigator_(TV_pilot)), a 1973 British TV pilot
- *[The Investigator: A British Crime Story](/source/The_Investigator:_A_British_Crime_Story),* a British television documentary
- *InvestiGators*, a graphic novel series by [John Patrick Green](/source/John_Patrick_Green)

## Ships

- [HMS *Investigator*](/source/HMS_Investigator), name of ships in the Royal Navy
- [RV *Investigator*](/source/RV_Investigator), Australian research vessel built in 2013

## Places

### Australia

- [Investigator Group](/source/Investigator_Group), archipelago in South Australia
- [Investigator Marine Park](/source/Investigator_Marine_Park), a marine protected area in South Australia
- [Investigator Strait](/source/Investigator_Strait), a strait in South Australia

## See also

- [Investigation (disambiguation)](/source/Investigation_(disambiguation))
- [Investigator Group (disambiguation)](/source/Investigator_Group_(disambiguation))
- [The Investigators (disambiguation)](/source/The_Investigators_(disambiguation))

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