probings
Thorough exploratory examinations
Probings are acts of investigation or examination, especially thorough or searching ones.
The word suggests careful, sometimes uncomfortable inquiry—whether physical or metaphorical: The doctor's probings revealed nothing unusual, Her probings into his past made him defensive.
Probings can also refer to exploratory insertions: the spacecraft's probings of the Martian surface.
Request for information
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
analysis · detective · forensics · evidence · surveillance · inspection · research · cross-examination
Request for information
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- SocraticRelating to elenctic inquiry
dialectic · speculative · analytical · critical thinking · epistemological · examining · penetrating · incisive
Intrusively inquisitive
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
- meddlesomeProne to interfering
- nosyIntrusively curious
impertinent · unwelcome · violating · encroaching · overreaching · presumptuous · tactless · interrogating
Underwater detection by echoes
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- unchartedNot yet documented
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
surveying · scouting · sampling · mapping · depths · frontier · polar · ocean floor
inquiry
Request for information
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
scrutiny · analysis · detective · forensics · evidence · surveillance · inspection · research · cross-examination · deposition
inquiry
Request for information
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
Socratic · dialectic · speculative · analytical · critical thinking · epistemological · examining · penetrating · incisive · thoughtful
prying
Intrusively inquisitive
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
- meddlesomeProne to interfering
nosy · impertinent · unwelcome · violating · encroaching · overreaching · presumptuous · tactless · interrogating · grilling
sonar
Underwater detection by echoes
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- unchartedNot yet documented
reconnaissance · surveying · scouting · sampling · mapping · depths · frontier · polar · ocean floor · radar
probingsavoidances
Acts of steering clear
neglect · dismissals · inattention · glances · glimpses