delving
Probing for answers
Delving is the present participle of delve, meaning to dig or search deeply into something.
The word carries a sense of thorough investigation or exploration: delving into the archives, delving into someone's past.
Originally literal digging, it now almost always describes research or inquiry that goes beneath the surface.
Systematic fact-finding effort
- inquiryRequest for information
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- examiningInspecting with care
probing · forensics · detective · sleuthing · fact-finding · evidence · clues · interrogation
Study of physical remnants
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- tunnelingDigging underground passages
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
underground · depths · caverns · unearthing · digging · burrowing · plumbing · fathoming
Deep perceptive understanding
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
unearthing · finding · learning · understanding · enlightenment · realization · unveiling · knowledge
Thoroughly and comprehensively detailed
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- exhaustiveCovering all possibilities
rigorous · immersive · intensive · sustained · focused · scholarly · academic · poring
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
examining · probing · forensics · detective · sleuthing · fact-finding · evidence · clues · interrogation · cross-examination
archaeology
Study of physical remnants
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- tunnelingDigging underground passages
subterranean · underground · depths · caverns · unearthing · digging · burrowing · plumbing · fathoming · probing
insight
Deep perceptive understanding
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- breakthroughSudden important advance
uncovering · unearthing · finding · learning · understanding · enlightenment · realization · unveiling · knowledge · secrets
in-depth
Thoroughly and comprehensively detailed
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
exhaustive · rigorous · immersive · intensive · sustained · focused · scholarly · academic · poring · absorbed
- excavationdig, excavating, excavator, digging, trench
- searchingsearching, rummaging, digging, looking through, finding
- investigationinvestigation, detective, evidence, clue, case
- questsquest, seeking, main quest, searching, side quest
delvingskimming
Passing lightly over
glossing over · browsing · scanning · glancing · overlooking
delvingsurfacing
Coming to the surface
emerging · ascending · rising · withdrawing · retreating