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

The pair handed Haski business cards, emblazoned with golden eagles, and then started interrogating him about press freedom. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

In addition, Homeland Security was apparently investigating nonprofits and other organizations that help get out the vote, including interrogating the staff and covertly infiltrating their operations, according to court documents. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Flores is accused of participating in decisions to torture prisoners and helping oversee a network of officials responsible for detaining and interrogating people perceived as threats to the government. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

It was framed around these trials that were interrogating Founding Fathers, religious belief[s], and stuff like this. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Saudi authorities were interrogating ⁠the co-pilot of the flight in question, FZ1073. — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 30 Sep. 2026

The second part, though, is that AI provides opportunities for CEOs to have a virtual board of directors, a new person on the team, and a way of interrogating their own thinking which may reduce the loneliness of being a CEO. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Brittin has spent his early months in the job interrogating whether the broadcaster’s output is properly meeting audience needs and is said to be clear-eyed about shifting resources away from services that are dwindling in influence. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

The previous investigations were stalled because Haitian judges kept resigning from the case, fearing for their lives, and gangs seized control of the downtown Port-au-Prince courthouse where the judges were interrogating suspects. — Evens Sanon, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026