investigate
I could hear people noisily delving for sweets in the row behind me.
As a reporter she had a reputation for delving into the most complex issues.
He fails to delve under the surface for answers to some pretty important questions.
It's only when we delve below the headlines that the picture starts to become clearer.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Searching
-seeking
beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcombing
body search
bounty hunter
comb
hunter
hunting ground
keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom
leave no stone unturnedidiom
lookout
manhunt
needle
scout
scrounge around
search
seek someone/something out
seeker
troll

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Analysing and evaluating

Examples of delve

delve
Some write semi-autobiographical novels, delving into personal pasts in order to either discover or re-examine their motivations and affinities.
Chapters 11 and 12 delve into how to transform the multitude of results created through the previous chapters into good sociolinguistic argumentation.
The linkage between translation and interpreting in the media context is another subject worth delving into in the future.
His listening is organised according to the representation: each listening allows him to delve deeper into the material and into the structures of the work.
Under the sway of the philological project, scholars have delved deeper and deeper into texts and into the past.
We can then use this general form to show the existence of a fixed point without having to delve too much into the details.
In a section on resources for development, four chapters delve into low-input technologies, nutrient management, decentralized plant breeding strategies and the role of livestock.
The authors analyze several phases of the conversations over time, sometimes pointing out the obvious and at other times delving more deeply.
The next step is for them or others to delve deeper into the matter.
In order to demonstrate this, the author delves into many different areas.
But syntacticians rarely delve deeply enough into the intricacies of aspectual properties of verbs in their various frames to appreciate this.
Another criticised architects for taking information too much at face value without delving further into it.
As impact geologic research progresses, we will delve more deeply into impact effects and biotic recovery from impact.
We have several ' regional studies ' delving into the issues of political culture, ethnicity, regional identity and nation-building.
They allow design engineers to design and modify before delving into the details.
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