deep dive

American  

[deep dahyv] / ˈdip ˈdaɪv /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• deep-dive
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of deep dive

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Philip van Doorn writes the Deep Dive investing column for MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

When dining rooms closed that March, Colin Penttinen, chef de cuisine at Willmott’s Ghost and Deep Dive in the Amazon Spheres, started talking about frozen pizza almost immediately.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2023

“Inaccurate data leads to a misallocation of very valuable resources. Operation Deep Dive is designed to address this.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2022

The Deep Dive II report, the official said, instead focused on repository and analysis tools for storing and querying that data after its collection — systems the committee may not previously have been told about.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022