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

The maneuver is similar to the slingshot flybys that spacecraft regularly conduct to adjust their trajectories — but here, the probes had to fire their engines to amp up the effect of the burn rather than acting alone. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Corporate probes can range from window dressing to essentially prosecutorial in nature, and Nvidia has $4 trillion reasons to limit its damage. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026

The device’s powerful mixture of high and ultra high frequency probes let researchers see through the coal’s skeletons and view their internal structures. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2026

In experiments, recalibrating the probe could bring a pattern back into view, and where that fails, more sophisticated statistical tools could recognize combinations of signals simpler probes missed. — Harry Booth, Time, 5 Nov. 2026

Some are suggesting the new Democratic majorities should focus their energies not on investigations, probes and possible impeachments but only on affordability and kitchen table issues. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

Now, the Serbian public is waiting to hear what will come out of a review into some of the longstanding probes after the student movement promised there will no longer be untouchable officials. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

Now, the Serbian public is waiting to hear what will come out of a review into some of the long-standing probes after the student movement promised there will no longer be untouchable officials. — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

In two separate probes of Sguros’ handling of 911 calls, it was recommended he be suspended for one day related to one investigation and five days related to the other. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Verb

The droll actor is entirely out of her depth sitting across from director Michael Bay, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, composer Daniel Pemberton and in all 23 Hollywood experts as Cunk comedically probes the origins of the silver screen. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

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