DELVING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

delving 1 of 2

noun

as in investigation

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something we didn't want to pry and did as little personal delving as possible

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delving

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verb

present participle of delve

as in excavating

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Recent Examples of delving

Noun

Danny Brown, Stardust The always fascinating and shape-shifting Danny Brown returns this week with new album Stardust, his delving into the world of hyperpop. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for delving

Noun

The reports come after misconduct findings against some interfraternity chapters in the spring and multiple criminal investigations, according to the letter.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
As the investigation uncovers a string of killings linked to a strange ritual, the two are pushed into working together, facing down otherworldly threats as well as unfinished business from Lan’s past.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of investigation

Verb

Energy companies might save substantial capital by tapping naturally occurring subterranean structures rather than excavating artificial caverns or modifying depleted reservoirs.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Archaeologists excavating Hattusa, the former capital of the Hittite Empire in what is now Turkey, discovered a fragment of a clay tablet inscribed with Akkadian cuneiform, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of excavating

Noun

There are some films like this on other social justice issues that movie beyond a kind of polemic into a deeper exploration of the material.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
PinkPantheress credits Kelela, along with Kaytranada, as being an essential influence on her exploration of electronic music.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of exploration

Verb

Roche is digging deeper into the biotech industry in China, striking a new partnership with a drug startup there.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Direct water toward the bed by installing a gutter extension, creating a downhill slope, digging a trench or connecting a PVC pipe to a distant gutter and running it underground to the rain garden.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of digging

Noun

The official inquiry held gunman Mun Se-gwang solely responsible.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is seeking to stay in power, has been criticized over the lack of an official inquiry into the attacks, as well as reports that he was warned about them in advance.

— Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of inquiry

Verb

Kenya’s President William Ruto and his counterparts from Uganda, Ethiopia, Togo, Benin and Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo led a ground breaking ceremony at the site, shoveling soil to show that work on the refinery has started.

— Evelyne Musambi, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Kenya’s President William Ruto and his counterparts from Uganda, Ethiopia, Togo, Benin and Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo led a ground-breaking ceremony at the site, shoveling soil to show that work on the refinery has started.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoveling

Noun

The youth movement, which emerged earlier this year out of anger over high unemployment among young people and leaked examination papers, has grown into a political force.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Writer-director Reed Van Dyk’s feature debut navigates tricky emotional waters but emerges as a trenchant examination of what forgiveness and penitence can look like, allowing no room for anything resembling a pat happy ending.

— Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of examination

Verb

They each have been tasked with mining the IP of their sister film studios (which explained Goldberg’s oversight of PTVS) and have been main suppliers to their sibling streamers HBO Max and Paramount+, respectively.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Securing rare earth supply requires more than mining the ore.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026