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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation |
| Synonyms: | delving, detection, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, legwork, probing, quest, research, scrutiny, study, third degree |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspect, examine |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, audit, balance account, candle, case, compare, confirm, correct, count, enquire about, eyeball, find out, frisk, go through, investigate, keep account, look at, look over, look see, make sure, monitor, note, overlook, probe, prove, quiz, review, scout out, scrutinize, study, take stock, tell, test, try, verify |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search by ransacking |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat the bushes, examine, finecomb, forage, go through with fine-tooth comb, grub, hunt, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, probe, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, screen, scrutinize, search high heaven, sift, sweep, turn inside out, turn upside down |
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at |
| Synonyms: | audit, behold, consider, examine, eye, inspect, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, peruse, pierce, pore over, probe, pry, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, stare at, study, survey, view, witness |
| Antonyms: | disregard, look away, scorn |
| Main Entry: | criticize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze, interpret |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assess, comment upon, evaluate, examine, give opinion, judge, pass judgment on, probe, review, scrutinize, study |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess, suppose |
| Main Entry: | debrief |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
| Synonyms: | ask questions, cross-examine, examine, gather intelligence, give the third degree, grill, interrogate, interview, investigate, probe, put through the wringer, quiz, work over |
| Main Entry: | delve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig into task, action |
| Synonyms: | burrow, dig, dredge, examine, excavate, explore, ferret out, go into, gouge out, inquire, investigate, jump into, leave no stone unturned, look into, probe, prospect, ransack, really get into, research, rummage, scoop out, search, seek, shovel, sift, spade, trowel, turn inside out, unearth |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
| Synonyms: | bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; discover |
| Synonyms: | bring to light, come across, come up with, delve, dig down, expose, extricate, find, go into, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, research, retrieve, root, search, search high and low, shake down, sift, turn inside out, turn upside down, uncover, unearth |
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