Explored

verb

1. To seek for something or after someone.
2. To examine or investigate something systematically.

   "The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand."

3. To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

   "It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle."

4. To examine diagnostically.
5. To (seek) experience first hand.

   "It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality."