調べてみた

tried looking into it

→ 調べる
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tried looking into it The みた adds the sense of trying something out; 調べる can mean to look something up, check, or investigate.
JA: 気になったので、値段を調べてみた。
EN: I was curious, so I tried looking up the price.

私たちは買うかどうか決める前にその家を調べてみた。

We looked into the house before deciding whether to buy it.

調べてみたけどどこからアクセスしてるのかも分からなかったんだよね~

I looked into it, but I couldn’t even figure out where they were accessing it from.

— Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)

夢を見たので調べてみた。

I had a dream, so I looked it up.