phrasal verb🧩 phrasal verb

look into

to investigate carefully

What it means

To investigate or examine something carefully in order to find out more about it. Often used in customer service, journalism, and police work.

Examples

  • I'll look into the issue and get back to you by Friday.
  • Detectives are looking into a possible link between the two cases.
  • Have you looked into cheaper flights from a different airport?
  • Our team is looking into why the website keeps crashing at night.

Where it comes from

Inseparable. Slightly softer than 'investigate', so it sounds polite and helpful in professional emails and customer support.

Related phrasal verbs

#find out#figure out#look up#sort out

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