drill down

British  

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to look at or examine something in depth

   to drill down through financial data

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Example Sentences

"GreenDrill really demonstrated that, if you can logistically pull it off, there is the technology available to drill down to the bedrock and there's an analytical toolkit to then analyze it," Briner says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

To drill down into why retail coffee prices have risen—and keep going up—The Wall Street Journal took a deep dive into Reverie Roasters’ expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

They then took a week to drill down through the ice to get the two deepest core samples, with the temperature dropping to minus 18C at night.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

The next stage will allow the federal agency to drill down deeper by moving the testing to bulk tanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

“I was thinking we should approach this top-down. Let’s think about the high-level functions we want—what's the heart and soul of the app? And then we can drill down from there. What do you think?”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon