cross-examining
Grilling under oath
Cross-examining is questioning someone who has already been questioned by the opposing side, typically in a legal proceeding.
The goal is to test, challenge, or undermine testimony through pointed questions: The defense attorney spent hours cross-examining the witness.
Outside courtrooms, it describes any aggressive or skeptical interrogation: My mother cross-examined me about where I'd been all night.
Seeking answers through inquiry
- probeThorough examination or tool
- grillCooking surface over fire
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- inquiryRequest for information
elicit · extract · pressing · challenge · scrutinize · confront · expose · inconsistency
One who attests
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
deposition · perjury · impeachment · evidence · prosecution · defense · jury · adversarial
Methodical study of parts
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- verificationProving something accurate
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
inspect · evaluate · assess · review · audit · test · check · validate
questioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
- probeThorough examination or tool
- grillCooking surface over fire
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
inquiry · elicit · extract · pressing · challenge · scrutinize · confront · expose · inconsistency · contradiction
witness
One who attests
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- objectionExpression of disapproval
courtroom · deposition · perjury · impeachment · evidence · prosecution · defense · jury · adversarial · sustained
analysis
Methodical study of parts
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- verificationProving something accurate
vetting · inspect · evaluate · assess · review · audit · test · check · validate · fact-check
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- quiz thingsquiz, exam, test, trivia, question
- reproachesblaming, scolding, rebuking, reprimanding, censuring
cross-examiningaccepting
Willing to receive
believing · trusting · taking at face value · corroborating · affirming
examine, examination, examined, examiner, examines, examinations, reexamine, examiners, unexamined