explore

• "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"
• "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"
• "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"

Synonyms

• researchsystematic investigation to establish facts ; a search for knowledge; attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; inquire into
• searchtry to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; search or seek; inquire into; subject to a search; the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone ; an investigation seeking answers; an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; the examination of alternative hypotheses; boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

• "explore unknown territory in biology"