sifting

ADJECTIVE

inquisitive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analytical nosy

WEAK

big-eyed challenging forward impertinent inquiring inquisitorial interested intrusive investigative meddlesome meddling peering personal poking presumptuous probing prying questioning scrutinizing searching snooping speculative

Antonyms

WEAK

incurious indifferent unconcerned uninterested

NOUN

hunt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exploration hunting inquiry interrogation investigation probe prosecution pursuit quest race raid

STRONG

coursing following frisking game hounding inquest inquisition meddling prying pursuance pursuing reconnaissance research rummage scrutiny seeking snooping sporting steeplechase study tracing trailing

WEAK

field sport look-see

NOUN

judgment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analysis appraisal assessment award belief conclusion conviction decree determination evaluation finding idea inquiry observation opinion order resolution result review ruling scrutiny sentence verdict view

STRONG

appreciation arbitration contemplation deduction estimate estimation examination exploration inference inquest inquisition inspection pursuit quest reconnaissance regard report research search summary

WEAK

assaying close study probing weigh-in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accusation answer beginning start

STRONG

disregard ignorance neglect

WEAK

inanity indecision misjudgment stupidity

NOUN

scrutiny

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analysis audit inquiry inspection investigation review search surveillance

STRONG

exploration perusal scan study survey tab view

WEAK

close-up eagle eye long hard look perlustration the eye

NOUN

threshing

Synonyms

STRONG

beating flailing garnering harvesting separating treading winnowing

Example Sentences

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Sifting through the evidence, jurors put together a timeline on a whiteboard and plastered the walls with sheets of paper covered in notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Sifting through research papers eventually led them to a law of induction posited by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

Sifting through the remains of a Gaulish village on cliff-tops near Dieppe on Monday, they uncovered an earthenware pot containing a small glass flask.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Sifting through hundreds of options, they landed on the thematically apt song, which Wilde performs in French, mid-possession.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023

Sifting through what lay under the snow this winter.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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