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

As for coming to America in 2026, who would shoulder the exorbitant costs and the travel challenges, let alone the risk of being pulled out of a line at the Atlanta airport, interrogated, and sent back home for joking about penalty shoot-outs? — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

The brothers’ previous films included 2021’s Camp Confidential, about European Jews who found asylum in America after fleeing Nazi Europe, enlisted in the Army, and interrogated Nazi war criminals at a secret camp. — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

Along these routes, the bulldozers piled up mounds to enclose fortified compounds, military outposts and detention facilities where Palestinians were interrogated and tortured. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

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