Probe /(?)/

Probe

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Probed; p. pr. & vb. n. Probing

  1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
  2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.
    The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown.

Probe

n.
  1. An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc. (Surg.)

Phrases & Compounds
Probe scissors
scissors used to open wounds, the blade of which, to be thrust into the orifice, has a button at the end.