tutkittuja

Tutkittuja is a Finnish word that functions as an adjective describing nouns that have undergone investigation or examination. It is the plural partitive form of the past passive participle tutkittu, derived from the verb tutkia, meaning to investigate or study. In practice, tutkittuja signals that the items or matters in question have been subject to inquiry, analysis, or scrutiny.

In usage, tutkittuja appears with plural nouns in contexts such as research, journalism, and legal or policy discussions. Common collocations include phrases like tutkittuja havaintoja (observations that have been studied), tutkittuja tapauksia (investigated cases), and tutkittuja kysymyksiä (questions that have been examined). The form agrees in number and case with the noun it modifies, as Finnish adjectives do, so it can appear in various grammatical cases beyond the partitive.

Morphologically, tutkittuja is related to other forms of the same root, such as tutkittu (singular nominative) and tutkittuja (plural partitive). The root verb tutkia is central to its meaning, and the participial form conveys a completed action—namely, that investigation or examination has taken place. The nuance is typically one of recorded or acknowledged inquiry rather than a casual or informal review.

See also: tutkia, tutkittu, tutkimus, tutkija. The term is primarily a linguistic and descriptive label rather than a specific technical term, and its exact connotation depends on context, especially the surrounding nouns and the field of discourse.