deep dive

American

[deep dahyv] / ˈdip ˈdaɪv /

noun

Informal.

a thorough or comprehensive analysis of a subject or issue: The article gives you a deep dive into the city's coolest summer activities.

My boss wants me to do a deep dive on our main competitors.
The article gives you a deep dive into the city's coolest summer activities.

Other Word Forms

deep-dive adjective

Etymology

Origin of deep dive

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

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The auditor said his office’s most recent deep dive began with a tip about Thomas Dozler, an Agriculture Department manager whose duties included patrolling Nebraska’s borderland in the F-150.

From The Wall Street Journal

Deep dive: Every time I hear some C-Suite type utter the dreaded “deep dive,” I want to respond, “Oh, really? Not investigate, study, discern, discover, find out about, look into? You had to go with deep dive? Did everyone go to the same M.B.A. program?”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I spent the first half of 2025 really deeply studying the commissioner’s role and the history, and the race — the politics of everything. And after really doing that deep dive, I decided to step forward,” said Wolff, who wrote his campaign a $500,000 check and loaned it another $100,000.

From Los Angeles Times

A deep dive into Detroit’s EV nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal

To understand why requires a deep dive.

From BBC

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