Lexical Definition

‎ἀνακρίνω‎ anakrínō (an-ak-ree'-no) to investigate ^G:V
from ‎ἀνά‎ and ‎κρίνω‎

ask, question, discern, examine, judge, search.

• properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine

Abbott-Smith

ἀνα-κρίνω [in LXX: I Ki 20:12 (חקר), Da LXX Su 13, ib. LXX ,TH 48, 51*;]
to examine, investigate, question (Lft., Notes, 181 f.): Ac 17:11, I Co 2:14, 15 4:3, 4 9:3 10:25 10:27 14:24; in forensic sense (MM, VGT, s.v.; esp. of examination by torture; v. Field, Notes, 120 f.), Lk 23:14, Ac 4:9 12:19 24:8 28:18.†
SYN.: v.s. ἐξετάζω.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀνακρίνω,

examine closely, interrogate, especially judicially, Παυσανίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sound a person, [LXX]

__2 inquire into, ἀ. τοὺς ἐργασαμένους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν [αἰτίαν] [Refs 1st c.BC+] —middle, ἀ. ποινὰ τίς ἔσται what remedy there shall be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II examine magistrates so as to prove their qualification, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 of the magistrates, examine persons concerned in a suit, so as to prepare the matter for trial, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἄρχων ἀνέκρινε πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ ἀνακρίνας εἰσήγαγεν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀνεκρίθησαν αἱ ἀμφισβητήσεις[Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, οὐκ ἀνεκρίνατο ταύτην [τὴν γραφήν] he did not have it examined, of the prosecutor, [Refs]
__II.3 generally, examine, μάρτυρας[Refs]; τινά 1[Refs]:—middle, [Refs]
__II.4 select, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__III in middle, absolutely, ἀνακρίνεσθαι πρὸς ἑωυτούς dispute, wrangle one with another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Kgs.20.12*}