investigation · cross-examination · grilling · pointed · piercing · incisive · penetrating · challenging · confronting · uncomfortable · revealing · deep · truth · answers · motive · journalist · detective · interview
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Related — probing (Thoroughly investigating something); interrogation (Formal, probing examination); inquiry (Request for information); digging · prying · investigation · cross-examination · grilling · pointed · piercing · incisive · penetrating · challenging
depth and probing naturesearching questions ≠ small talk Polite trivial conversation; leading questions · rhetorical questions · pleasantries
sincerity of inquirysearching questions ≠ rhetorical questions Queries needing no answer; leading questions
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