see into

verb

1. to examine or investigate

2. to discover the true nature of

   I can't see into your thoughts

Idioms and Phrases

Investigate; see look into .

Understand the true character or nature of, as in Mother could see into Mary very well and knew exactly what she was up to . Shakespeare used this idiom in 2 Henry VI (3:1): “Well hath your Highness seen into this duke.”

Example Sentences

“If they see into a future that they feel they need to create, especially with these creatures on Earth, I can see them standing side by side,” he concluded, adding with a grin, “Who’s going to be in charge, is the question.”

From Salon

He said: "It enables the camera to see into the first layer of the skin not clearly visible to the naked eye and crucially the edges of the lesion."

From BBC

Prof Deason also expects to see into the Milky Way's stellar halo, or its graveyard of stars destroyed over time, as well as small satellite galaxies that are still surviving but are incredibly faint and hard to find.

From BBC

We could see into that Holiday Inn through its plate glass windows and observe cops walking around its lobby with billy clubs, keeping a watchful eye on us.

From Salon

“As an audience member seated in the house, you don’t see into the wings usually, so we had to make that real as well. We knew we would be shooting in hallways and outside the rehearsal spaces too, so we needed to experience the space the way the dancers would.”

From Los Angeles Times