probe
verb (used with object)
to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I feel a bit wretched asking him about her, as though I am probing a wound that clearly hasn't healed: it's less than a year since she died.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2012