probe

UK /prəʊb/US /prəʊb/

Meaning

noun

a complete and careful investigation of something

“a police probe into the financial affairs of the company”

verb

to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about somebody/something

“probe (into something), He didn't like the media probing into his past.”

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