interrogate

verb

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

1. To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.

   “The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.”

2. To query (something); to request information from (something).

   “to interrogate a database”

3. To examine (something) 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.”

   “Within the contemporary US context, the construct of childhood innocence is a powerful social myth that structures children’s social relations and culture and informs their rights and status in society. In this article, I interrogate the construct of childhood innocence to examine how it operates as an exclusionary form of social practice.”