look into

phrase

Synonyms of look intonext
: explore sense 1a
Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident.

Examples of look into in a Sentence

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After Israel destroyed Jenin refugee camp during the Second Intifada in 2002, a young girl looked into Mohammad Bakri’s camera and said that Palestinians would live proudly as eagles and die standing like lions. Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for look into

Word History

First Known Use

1561, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of look into was in 1561

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“Look into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20into. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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