Synonyms of interrogating

interrogating 1 of 2

noun

as in questioning

Related Words

• questioning
• interrogation
• survey
• investigation
• research
• probing
• inquisition
• questionnaire
• probe
• exploration
• examination
• poll
• study
• inquiry
• request
• question
• inquest
• interrogatory
• query
• call

Dissimilar Words

• response
• answer
• reply

interrogating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of interrogate

1

as in asking

to put a question or questions to

interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asking
• questioning
• quizzing
• querying
• grilling
• inquiring (of)
• examining
• catechizing
• bombarding
• surveying
• cross-examining
• pumping
• besieging
• cross-questioning
• polling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• responding
• answering
• replying
• observing
• avoiding
• commenting
• remarking
• retorting
• rejoining
• ducking

2

as in examining

to put a series of questions to

police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• examining
• questioning
• quizzing
• querying
• pumping
• grilling
• catechizing
• harassing
• debriefing
• sweating
• cross-examining
• picking the brains of
• pestering
• giving the third degree to
• hounding
• cross-questioning
• annoying
• canvassing
• polling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interrogating

Verb

For Frankfurt, as for Murdoch, the work of being human involves interrogating the motives and assumptions that guide our actions, asking whether our desires are truly desirable. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Fielder and Oppenheim have created a fascinating portrait of a relationship, decimating notions of objectivity in documentary while also interrogating the limits of fiction. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Jacobsen, after interrogating scientific and security experts around the world, has imagined an accident at a Siberian lab that launches a runaway outbreak. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Aug. 2026

Fort Worth house The episode opens with Kyle (Thad Luckinbill) interrogating Oleksandra (Elizaveta Neretin) about the attack at Joe’s house. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026

Animals Soul Blind Larissa Diakiw On interrogating fear and what bats can teach about human connection. — Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026

Recognizing those forces in the world isn’t the same thing as interrogating them, and as a seasoned artist with real power in Hollywood, Gluck repeatedly mistakes implication for insight. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026

The analyst’s value has shifted from extracting data to interrogating what the system surfaces. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Investigators sat across from nearly every young child at Skyline – many of whose nascent, swinging legs could not yet reach the ground from their chairs – interrogating them over their missing classmate. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026