look into

Idioms  

1. Also, see into. Investigate, as in He promised to look into the new law, or We must see into the matter of the missing checks. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the mid-1800s.

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Example Sentences

Last week, the German bank asked Germany’s financial regulator to look into UniCredit’s disclosures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

When should I look into putting my son’s name on the deed?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The Attorney General now has 28 days under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to decide whether to ask the Court of Appeal to look into the sentence.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Hours later, he joined activists outside the Garden Grove City Council chambers to demand that the city deny GKN Aerospace an expansion permit and look into shutting down the 15.5-acre facility altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“Great. Now, what I was going to say before we got sidetracked”—Isa gave Oliver a pointed look—“is that we need to give the Beiderman a more personal look into who we are.”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser