probe
noun [ C ]
uk/prəʊb/ usthe process of asking questions and examining facts in a situation, often in order to discover information that someone may be hiding:
corruption/criminal/federal probe Alarm bells rang around the City after the investment bank revealed it had widened its accounting probes.
a probe into sth The fund manager was arrested following a probe into alleged corruption.
launch/conduct/open a probe The Swiss Banking Commission is conducting a probe into possible insider dealing.
probe
verb [ I or T ]
uk/prəʊb/ usto try to discover information about a situation by asking questions and examining facts:
probe into sth High-end investors began to probe into the fund's performance and demanded better returns.
He says the problems prompted him as a journalist to probe deeper, even after the issues disappeared from the media.