interrogate

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus.

verb

1. (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner
   The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
2. (transitive, computing) to query; to request information from.
   to interrogate a database
3. (transitive, literary) to examine critically.
   Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes. 2015, Rita Kiki Edozie, Curtis Stokes, Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies, Michigan State University Press