interrogate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
interrogate/ɪnˈterəɡeɪt/

▶verb

• 1 ask questions of (someone) closely, aggressively, or formally.

• 2 obtain data or information automatically from (a device, database, etc.).

– derivatives
interrogation noun,
interrogational adjective,
interrogator noun.

– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as interrogation): from L. interrogat-, interrogare ‘question’, from inter- ‘between’ + rogare ‘ask’.