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

His attorney’s office says he was interrogated without pain medication, while the Department of Homeland Security has released few details about what prompted the shooting. — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

The plaintiffs alleged that some of those classified as especiales were taken to military facilities, interrogated, tortured, killed or forcibly disappeared. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Since Babette was being interrogated by police during this moment, the ominous visitor isn’t her. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

In the prisoner’s dilemma, a pair of thieves have been captured and are being separately interrogated by the police. — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

The parallels between what happened and is still happening in Gaza right now and what happened during World War II clearly are not lost on some of the Israeli men and women interrogated here, even if the scale and details are certainly different. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Some years ago, when a foreign tourist was seen recording a video on a street in Beijing, he was stopped and interrogated by several dama wearing red armbands. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

But You Caint Use My Phone, which brimmed with affirmative heaters that wonderfully interrogated screen-staring. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

An interesting collective approach to American history was PRX Productions’ provocative series Monumental, in which features by a range of independent producers interrogated the history as reflected in public monuments. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026