Probe

How it is used

Typical headline language because it is short: Police launch probe into hospital deaths, Probe finds safety failures. In the body of the story journalists often use the longer word investigation.

Example sentences

1. Headline: Council orders probe into school bus contract.

2. The probe found that the lift had not been inspected for three years.

Common collocations

• launch a probe
• order a probe
• police probe
• probe into
• the probe found

Related terms

• slamIn headlines, to criticise someone or something very strongly in public.
• headlineThe title printed above a news story in large letters, or written at the top of an online article, that tells readers quickly what the story is about.
• investigative journalismJournalism that spends weeks or months uncovering hidden information, often about wrongdoing, corruption or abuse of power, using documents, data and confidential sources.
• allegedlyUsed to show that something has been claimed but not yet proved, especially about a crime or wrongdoing.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• probe · Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• probe · Dentistry

More terms: Headlines and News Language

• front page
• caption
• standfirst
• according to