Thesaurus results for DIGGING (INTO)

digging (into)

verb

present participle of dig (into)

as in looking (into)

to search through or into we anxiously dug into the old records that we found in the 19th-century house that we were restoring

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The company is exploring strategies that emphasize domestic manufacturing and supply chain resilience, reflecting a growing focus on reducing dependency on complex global cold-chain networks.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Arsenia envisions a yearlong series of programs recognizing Black architects, scientists, musicians and artists while exploring the people whose contributions helped build both Greenwood Baptist Church and the city around it.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

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The Grand Prairie Police Department is investigating a fatal crash in which a passenger vehicle hit a pedestrian.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
Two decades ago, a Dutch journalist named Teun van de Keuken was investigating slavery in the cocoa industry and realized the big manufacturers had promised to fix it and hadn't.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of investigating

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So traders looking to get an edge began closely examining Ronaldo’s long, storied career for evidence of crying.

— Jon Sarlin, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
This premise, though intuitive, rests on an assumption worth examining, which is that a device only competes for the mind’s resources when it is actively being used.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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