undersökningsbar

Undersökningsbar is a Swedish adjective meaning capable of being investigated, examined, or scrutinized. It is used to describe facts, claims, hypotheses, data sets, or observations that can be explored further through inquiry, testing, or analysis. The term is common in academic, legal, journalistic, and administrative contexts where verifiability or examinability is relevant.

The word is formed from undersöka, meaning to investigate or examine, plus the suffix -bar indicating possibility. The related noun is undersökningsbarhet, describing the property of being investigable; an occasionally used adjective form is undersökbar. In practice, writers say that data are undersökningsbara or that a circumstance is undersökningsbar to signal that there is enough evidence or methodology to scrutinize.

Usage notes: In science and research, the concept is close to testable or verifiable—the idea that a hypothesis can be tested or a claim substantiated. In law or journalism, it signals that information can be checked against sources or evidence. It is often contrasted with not being undersökningsbar or with statements that await investigation.

Synonyms include verifierbar, påvisbar, and testbar, reflecting similar ideas of measurability or inspectability.

Examples:

- Hypotesen är undersökningsbar och kan testas i experiment.

- Uppgifterna i arkivet är undersökningsbara med korrekt dokumentation.