nnoun.cognitionan inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activitiesSynset:probe
Examples:- there was a congressional probe into the scandal
Derivationally Related Form:probeinvestigate
Hypernyms:enquiry inquiry research
Inherited Hypernyms:probeinquiryproblem solvingthinkinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:fishing expedition
Full Hyponyms:fishing expedition
nnoun.actthe work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematicallySynset:investigating
Derivationally Related Form:investigate
Hypernyms:work
Inherited Hypernyms:investigationworkactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:analysiscountcountingempiricismenquiryenumerationexaminationinquirynumerationpolice investigationpolice workreckoningresearchscrutinysearchtabulationtallytaptestingwiretap
Full Hyponyms:acidimetryalkalimetryanalogyanalysisanatomyapheresisauditautopsyballottementbank examinationbig sciencebiological researchblood countcase studycelioscopycensuscheckcheckupchemical analysiscloningcollationcolonoscopycolorimetrycomparisoncomplete blood countconfrontationconsumer researchcontrastcontrol experimentcost analysiscountcountdownculdoscopydark ground illuminationdatingdetectiondialysisdifferential blood countdissectionelectron microscopyelectron spin resonanceelectronic surveillanceeleven-plusembryonic stem-cell researchempiricismendoscopyexaminationexperimentfield workfine-tooth combfluorescence microscopyfollow-upforensicsfundamental analysisgastroscopygenetic screeninggoing-overgonioscopygravimetric analysishemodialysishuman reproductive cloninghysteroscopyindirect immunofluorescenceinquestinquiryinspectionkeratoscopylikeninglistening watchmarket analysismarketing researchmass spectroscopymeans testmichelson-morley experimentmicroscopymicrowave spectroscopymiscountonce-overoperations researchophthalmoscopypalpationplasmapheresisplateletpheresispolarographypolice workpollpotassium-argon datingprobeproctoscopyproduct researchquantitative analysisradiocarbon datingrecountreproductive cloningresearchresurveyrhinoscopyrounduprubidium-strontium datingscanscatologyscientific researchscreeningsearchsigmoidoscopysomatic cell nuclear transplantationspectroscopysperm countspot checkspyingstakeoutstem-cell researchsurveillancesurveillance of diseasesurveytabulationtechnical analysistestingtherapeutic cloningthermogravimetrytime and motion studytitrationtrial and errorurinalysisvolumetric analysiswatchwiretap