probe into

Frequency: 8.518.1 per million words

to investigate a matter, especially something secret or private

probeVERB + PREPOSITION

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into

Examples (10)

  • The police were probing into her personal life.
  • Scientists are probing deeper and deeper into the secrets of the universe.
  • Journalists began to probe into the company's financial records.
  • The committee was set up to probe into allegations of corruption.
  • He tried to probe into the patient's childhood memories.
  • It’s rude to probe into other people's private affairs.
  • Historians are still probing into the causes of the ancient civilization's collapse.
  • The opposition party called for a public inquiry to probe into the scandal.
  • Why are you trying to probe into my past?
  • Security experts are probing into the source of the data breach.