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
divine
hunter
hunting ground
keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom
leave no stone unturnedidiom
manhunt
needle
scout
scratch
search
seek someone/something out
seeker
shake someone down
troll

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Analysing and evaluating

Examples of delving

delving

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Some write semi-autobiographical novels, delving into personal pasts in order to either discover or re-examine their motivations and affinities.
The linkage between translation and interpreting in the media context is another subject worth delving into in the future.
The authors analyze several phases of the conversations over time, sometimes pointing out the obvious and at other times delving more deeply.
Another criticised architects for taking information too much at face value without delving further into it.
This feature is a boon to researchers delving into the history of meteorites and meteoritics.
Delving slightly deeper, do the two groups differ on behavioral measures of emotion regulation?
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.
This is not the place for delving into this theory's details.
After delving into the history and completing the examination, the physician reviews previous clinical encounters, prescription records, and test results.
There are many laws passed on this issue but still it needs to be dealt by delving deeper.
This requires that the simplest situations be understood at the outset, so that firm foundations can be established for delving into more complex ones.
It is essential to ask these questions before delving into the case study discussed here.
These lie beyond the scope of the current investigation, which aims to be sensitive to them without delving into them.
Many readers might object to my regular delving into technical details.
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