Synonyms of probes

probes 1 of 2

noun

plural of probe

as in investigations

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something

a congressional probe into the accusations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• investigations
• inquiries
• explorations
• probings
• examinations
• studies
• researches
• inspections
• inquisitions
• probations
• inquests
• disquisitions
• surveys
• questionnaires
• audits
• interrogations
• examens
• diagnoses
• hearings
• quests
• questions
• trials
• queries
• checkups
• feelers
• polls
• challenges
• checks
• reinvestigations
• rehearings
• cross-examinations
• questionaries
• quizzes
• self-reflections
• soul-searchings
• self-questionings
• self-examinations
• goings-over
• self-scrutinies
• self-explorations

probes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of probe

1

as in explores

to search through or into

tabloid reporters who seem determined to probe every detail of the singer's private life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explores
• investigates
• examines
• looks (into)
• researches
• inquires (into)
• digs (into)
• scans
• delves (into)
• inspects
• checks into
• studies
• checks up on
• views
• sifts
• peruses
• skims (through)
• thumbs (through)
• surfs
• cruises
• browses
• reinvestigates

2

as in searches

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery

probing the depths of the undersea trench

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searches
• explores
• prospects
• hunts
• skirrs
• discovers
• reveals
• discloses
• scouts
• unearths
• plumbs
• reconnoiters
• fathoms
• sounds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of probes

Noun

If the mission lasts beyond 2029, New Horizons may follow in the historic steps of the Voyager probes as the spacecraft’s current trajectory will take it outside the heliosphere and into interstellar space. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

The lawsuit says the sanctions, triggered by ICC war-crimes probes in Gaza, have forced groups to halt evidence-sharing, cut ties with Palestinian advocates and censor their own speech. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

The legislation, which was passed in the House in 2024 but stalled in the Senate, sought to protect journalists and their sources from government probes. — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 14 July 2026

The other thing that’s happening is that the federal government is affirmatively blocking state and local investigators from conducting their own separate probes. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

This requires that less than one in a hundred billion stars ever produces self-replicating probes that just do their own thing. — Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026

The science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026

Nuclear batteries have been deployed in deep space missions by NASA in its Voyager probes in 1977 and Mars Curiosity rover in 2012. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Trump went to extraordinary efforts to pressure the Fed into lowering, from launching criminal probes into Powell and Governor Lisa Cook, to outright insulting the chair’s intelligence. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Verb

Looking for Loftus’ motivations, Aviv probes the psychologist’s memories of her mentally ill mother’s probable suicide and her own childhood abuse by a babysitter. — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Advertisement The Children, Melissa Albert YA author Melissa Albert’s adult fiction debut probes the legacy of a long dead bestselling fantasy author who left behind many dark secrets. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

No one can pretend that that’s not a fact, but Andy really probes. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 July 2026

In Spain, an investigative judge probes suspicions of a crime and can recommend a case go to trial if there is sufficient evidence. — ABC News, 17 June 2026

Quizlet has a few AI-forward features, including a chatbot that asks you questions and probes you through a study session. — Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026

Throughout her practice, Mesiti probes unusual ways of communicating, both naturally occurring or performed, doing so without making use of audible words. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026

The new wording would require a challenger to put forward evidence sufficient to support a finding of fabrication before the court probes further. — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026

Further evidence gathered by both the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a satellite that probes Mars’s surface for clues to its current and past geology, and NASA’s Perseverance rover suggests the planet also has material made up of crystals of hydrated silica—a mineral better known on Earth as opal. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026