interrogating

VERB

ask pointed questions

Synonyms

STRONGEST

examine grill investigate query quiz

STRONG

catechize inquire pump question roast

WEAK

cross-examine cross-question give the third degree go over put the screws to put through the wringer sweat out work over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

answer reply

Example Sentences

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The teams pushed back, demanding evidence and interrogating assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Footage broadcast by state media showed the judiciary chief seated before an Iranian flag in a large, ornate room in the prison, interrogating a prisoner himself.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Lilleaas may have decided against becoming a psychologist, but she’s always interrogating her motivations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

"Brain function is notoriously hard to measure, but we're getting better and better at interrogating brain function through biomarkers," Gibbons said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

Then Jazz, who at the time was only six, picked up where Doris left off and started interrogating him, asking him all kinds of crazy stuff.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds