DELVING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

delving 1 of 2

noun

as in investigation

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something we didn't want to pry and did as little personal delving as possible

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delving

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verb

present participle of delve

as in excavating

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Recent Examples of delving

Noun

Danny Brown, Stardust The always fascinating and shape-shifting Danny Brown returns this week with new album Stardust, his delving into the world of hyperpop. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for delving

Noun

During the investigation, police were alerted to two shooting victims who had walked into area hospitals, including Chance.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The investigation into the shocking death of Hayden Panettiere has been joined by the Drug Enforcement Administration, a source familiar with the matter told The New York Times.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of investigation

Verb

Poliński, a professor at the Institute of Archaeology at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, and his colleagues began excavating the site in Pień near Dąbrowa Chełmińska in 2005.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
In July 2025, utility workers excavating trenches to expand an underground gas network in Peru's capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs that were over 1,000 years old.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of excavating

Noun

The resource holds enormous value for deep-space exploration and a potential lunar base because it can be converted to breathable air, drinking water or even rocket fuel.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Preparations have been carried out at the Wenchang launch site for the Chang’e-7 mission over the past weeks, the seventh in the Chang’e moon exploration program.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploration

Noun

Anne Arundel County Public Schools previously responded to inquiries about the joint statement from the DOJ and Education Department.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
By Tuesday afternoon, more than 107,000 people had signed an open letter calling on the government to commission a public inquiry into media coverage of Arday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of inquiry

Verb

Earlier this month, bulldozers were videoed uprooting trees and shoveling dirt as wild animals trotted by.

— Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Blücher, who eventually became a popular philosophy lecturer at Bard College, got a job shovelling chemicals in a New Jersey factory.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of shoveling

Noun

Once removed by helicopter, the wreckage will likely have to be flown out on a cargo plane for examination.

— Irene Byon, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026
On cross examination, Sprague asked about Clancy's tone after checking out of McLean Hospital after being admitted to the psychiatric facility for five days in January 2023.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of examination

Verb

The same technology could be applied to mining rare-earth minerals from the seafloor—materials used in wind turbines, solar farms, and electric vehicles.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
With no new graphics cards on the horizon from either Nvidia or AMD and the prices of existing cards rising ever higher, modders have been mining the back-catalog of Nvidia products to come up with something more capable.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026