聞きき込こむ

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

get information; find out; get wind of

Used when actively gathering information by listening or inquiring, often with a sense of digging or probing.

• 彼かれはその事じ件けんについて詳くわしく聞きき込こんだ。

  He thoroughly inquired about the incident.

• 噂うわさを聞きき込こんで、すぐに現げん場ばへ向むかった。

  Having gotten wind of the rumor, he immediately headed to the scene.