ἀνετάζω
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English (LSJ)
A inquire of, ἀλλήλους τὴν αἰτίαν LXX Su.14 (Thd.), Jd.6.29 (cod. A). II examine documents, POxy.34i13; examine by torture, τινά Act.Ap.22.24, cf. 29.
German (Pape)
[Seite 226] genau erforschen, untersuchen, N. T.