cross-question

During the passage, Captain Robinson took occasion to examine and cross-question the man, whose name was Christian Cruise, and compare his verbal with his written testimony.

"You know what the police are—how they question and cross-question people."

Also, for reasons best known to himself, he did not cross-question the liftman about those singular marks, or report the matter to the police.

The typical Athenian, Euripides, was so much deeper-dyed in skepticism than any one since that day, that really no one has ever lived who could cross-question him—let alone expound the meanings of his plays.

For the sake of the lesson, Hogg should have been there to learn to cross-question.