LOOK INTO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

Example:

Check out the engine

Synonyms:

check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "look into" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Verb group:

check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off (put a check mark on or near or next to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "look into"):

follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over (follow with the eyes or the mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't look into the story

Sense 2

Meaning:

Investigate scientifically

Example:

Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese

Synonyms:

investigate; look into

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "look into" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "look into"):

explore; research; search (inquire into)

explore (travel to or penetrate into)

examine; probe (question or examine thoroughly and closely)

research (attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner)

experiment (to conduct a test or investigation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Credits

Context examples:

Instead of wishing to shun, I longed only to dare—to divine it; and I thought Miss Ingram happy, because one day she might look into the abyss at her leisure, explore its secrets and analyse their nature.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The report recommends carrying out new risk analyses that look into associated disasters, increasingly extreme weather, and rising sea level in coastal cities, particularly in the North and Northeast of the country, to help find out which risks the cities and populations are prepared to deal with.

(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)

I am glad to say that, though I was crying, I was able to look into Mr. Morris's brave eyes, and I told him out straight:—'Yes, there is some one I love, though he has not told me yet that he even loves me.'

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then they went through all the rooms, till they came to a door on which were three locks: but in the middle of the door was a wicket, so that they could look into the next room.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I love to teach, and this is easier than German, broke in John, getting possession of the other hand, so that she had no way of hiding her face as he bent to look into it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

At first the Witch was tempted to run away from Dorothy; but she happened to look into the child's eyes and saw how simple the soul behind them was, and that the little girl did not know of the wonderful power the Silver Shoes gave her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Then we’ll look into this matter together.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Stanley Hopkins had gone down to the village to look into some rumours of a strange woman who had been seen by some children on the Chatham Road the previous morning.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are many possibilities for you to look into if you want to make your home more comfortable.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Strong pressure was brought upon me to look into the matter.