deep dive

[ deep dahyv ]

noun

Informal.

1. a thorough or comprehensive analysis of a subject or issue: The article gives you a deep dive into the city's coolest summer activities.

   My boss wants me to do a deep dive on our main competitors.

   The article gives you a deep dive into the city's coolest summer activities.

Other Words From

• deep-dive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deep dive¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Salon takes a deep dive into some of the best songs that resonated with Gen Z in 2024:

From Salon

And a deep dive into Dahlia and Mark’s comic book character psyches.

From Slate

It felt important to understand the circumstances of Desmond’s conception and what he was born out of, so Episode 3 was a deep dive with the younger time period to set that table so the finale would hopefully land.

From Los Angeles Times

The good news, as I reported in a deep dive earlier this year, is that growing numbers of people are pushing back against the "trad" propaganda, often in the same social media spaces that gave rise to this online trend.

From Salon

“From the crime’s seemingly meticulous execution to the alleged killer’s manifesto and his Ivy League background to the public’s unapologetic apathy towards the victim, the investigative deep dive will ask how killers are created, what this killing says about our society and the values we place on who lives and who dies,” an announcement released on Monday details.

From Salon