Synonyms of interrogated

interrogated

verb

past tense of interrogate

1

as in asked

to put a question or questions to

interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asked
• questioned
• quizzed
• queried
• grilled
• inquired (of)
• examined
• catechized
• cross-examined
• bombarded
• cross-questioned
• pumped
• besieged
• surveyed
• polled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• answered
• replied
• responded
• observed
• remarked
• commented
• retorted
• avoided
• rejoined
• ducked

2

as in examined

to put a series of questions to

police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• examined
• questioned
• quizzed
• queried
• grilled
• pumped
• catechized
• debriefed
• harassed
• cross-examined
• picked the brains of
• annoyed
• cross-questioned
• pestered
• hounded
• gave the third degree to
• sweat
• canvassed
• polled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interrogated

After being interrogated, Hale was hanged at age 21, about two months after the Declaration of Independence. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Information still needs to be interrogated, narratives stress-tested and probabilities translated into exposure limits. — Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

While Europeans at Ellis Island did face medical inspections and some were even detained, Asians and Pacific Islanders at Angel Island were especially not welcomed; because of anti-Chinese exclusion laws, they instead were inspected, interrogated and detained in prison-like conditions. — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 22 June 2026

Garcia was interrogated by Customs and Border Protection agents while on board the Viking cruise ship at the port in Charleston, South Carolina. — Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 6 June 2026

Over the next eight months, Shargi was interrogated for hundreds of hours. — Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026

Viewers see Mary being interrogated by Async employee Phil (Mark Duplass), as well as a twisted version of Mary sitting in silence by herself. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026

Ai was detained and interrogated in a backroom at the airport while his son was held in a separate room. — Anthony Mason, CBS News, 27 May 2026

The activists said they were held for several days in Israel’s Ktzi’ot prison, where some said they were shocked with electricity while being interrogated about their participation in the flotilla. — Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026