SYN: Investigation.
EX: The U.S. House of Representatives is conducting a probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
probe (noun)1.
a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
2.
a) any of various testing devices or substances as
(1) a pointed metal tip for making electrical contact with a circuit element being checked
(2) a usually small object that is inserted into something so as to test conditions at a given point
(3) a device used to penetrate or send back information especially from outer space or a celestial body
(4) a device (as an ultrasound generator) or a substance (as radioactively labeled DNA) used to obtain specific information for diagnostic or experimental purposes
b) a pipe on the receiving airplane thrust into the drogue of the delivering airplane in air refueling
3.
a) the action of - probing
b) a penetrating or critical investigation
c) a tentative exploratory advance or survey
transitive verb
1.
to search into and explore very thoroughly subject to a penetrating investigation
2.
intransitive verb
to examine with a probe - unmanned vehicles probed space to make a searching exploratory investigation enter
