Government investigation
The crossword clue "Government investigation" is answered by PROBE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PROBE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PROBE answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PROBE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PROBE, most used first.
- Investigation - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Investigate - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Thorough investigation - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Delve into - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Exploratory spacecraft - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Explore deeply - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Inquiry - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Deep-space vehicle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Investigate in depth - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Space exploration vehicle - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- IRS investigation - AUDIT, used 7 times
- Government income - TAXES, used 6 times
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