probe

/prəʊb/ noun [C]

Definition

› the process of asking questions and examining facts in a situation, often in order to discover information that someone may be hiding: corruption/criminal/federal probe Alarm bells rang around the City after the investment bank revealed it had widened its accounting probes. a probe into sth The fund manager was arrested following a probe into alleged corruption.launch/conduct/open a probe The Swiss Banking Commission is conducting a probe into possible insider dealing.

(Definition of probe noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)