probing
adj.asking deep or difficult questions to find out the truth. You use this to describe someone who is trying to discover hidden information.
adj.characterised by a desire to investigate or explore thoroughly. Often describes questions or looks that seek to uncover hidden details or truths.
“The journalist asked several probing questions during the interview.”
“The committee launched a probing investigation into the company's finances to find where the money went.”
“Her probing gaze seemed to look right through his excuses, making it impossible for him to maintain the lie any longer.”
Often used to modify nouns like 'questions', 'look', 'gaze', or 'investigation'.
“Police are now probing how the thieves were able to enter the museum without triggering its alarms and who may have been responsible.”
“Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice.”