Probing and Question

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Probing noun - A systematic search for the truth or facts about something.

Usage example: questionings and probings by several committees into the affair

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Question and probing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Question" instead a noun "Probing".

Nearby Words: probe, probable, probed

Question noun - An act or instance of asking for information.

Usage example: the dozens of questions researched by the reference librarians

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Probing and question are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Probing" instead a noun "Question".

Erin does a probing of the case and manages to uncover that the boy in question had a prior arrest for illegal possession of a firearm.

Source: Series / Blue Bloods
Averted with Jim Gordon; The Joker tries to Hannibal Lecture him during an interrogation, and (true to proper real life procedure) Gordon ignores the Joker's probing personal questions, even brushing off a request for the time of day (though it was morbidly relevant to the question he was asked).

Source: Hannibal Lecture

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