Словарь синонимов английского языка - probe

(v) 1. explore, examine, scrutinize, investigate, search (into), look into, go into, study, dig into, delve into, poke about or around, Colloq poke into: They probed his background thoroughly but found nothing unusual. 2. poke, prod, explore, examine; plumb, dig: Snipe use their long bills to probe for worms in soft mud. -(n) 3. investigation, examination, exploration, scrutiny, search, study, inquiry or enquiry, inquest: There will be a governmental probe into the mismanagement of the department.