look into

phrase

: explore sense 1a

Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident.

Examples of look into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Detectives started looking into Conahan in 1996 after a man in prison for stealing Conahan’s car claimed that Conahan had lured him to a remote area and offered to pay him to pose for nude photos. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Meta and Signal looked into the issue and put preventive measures in place, such as rate limiting, which reduces the frequency at which spam messages can be received, to stop some spam messages from coming through. — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026

Residents began looking into why so many trucks were being directed into the neighborhood and discovered the drivers were not trying to reach Busch Court after all. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

For years it’s been the focal point of federal and state investigations looking into not just the conditions behind its walls, but also corruption and violence. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1561, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for look into

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue