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

Yet Halley's story did not end when the probes passed through its coma. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Kevin Barstow, an attorney at O’Melveny who previously handled probes while working in the Biden White House, said congressional investigators are already laying the groundwork. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

Officers issued verbal orders, and one officer deployed a Taser, whose probes shocked the suspect, the spokesman said. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026

With many in the party pushing for investigations of potential malfeasance by the administration, party leaders will face tough choices about consequences if those probes do turn up wrongdoing. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

While some victims are getting their first payments this fall, two law firms behind the bulk of the claims in the settlement have had their payouts paused pending probes, leaving thousands in limbo. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Since then, federal, state and local authorities have launched probes into CMS finances and contracts. — Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026

Therapists begin facials with face-scanning wands and other probes, to measure your lipid shield, pigmentation, hydration and elasticity, and then cater their approach to the precise needs of your skin in that moment. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Today, the probes that neuroscientists use to measure the electrical activity of neurons can listen in on the activity of hundreds of neurons from different brain areas at the same time. — Kimberlee D'ardenne, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Verb

The project is pitched as a black dramedy that probes the line between real connection and digital preservation. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Meta is also deploying a red-teaming AI agent that probes its own safeguards for weaknesses bad actors could exploit. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Bella’s childhood friend Angus (Jake Simmance), a corporate jerk, condescendingly probes Johnny about his career. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Set in Palm Springs, California, and seen on Broadway in 2011, the play probes a rich, powerful, troubled and Reagan-esque West Coast political family and makes much of the metaphor of the arid, infertile desert. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Plus, Louis Menand probes the business of punctuation, and Margaret Talbot surveys the literature on the question of why fewer people are choosing to have children. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Set against the backdrop of political dishonesty and the country’s abandonment of ideals, the book probes questions about how to be an artist in the world. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

In Sarah Pekkanen’s new thriller, The Women in White, a young health-care aide probes how four female participants in a 1964 parapsychology experiment suddenly vanished. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026

The victory comes as Parliament’s standards watchdog probes Farage’s undeclared multimillion-dollar crypto donation and his finances with controversial ally George Cottrell, scrutiny that could yet force him from office. — Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026