Verb: tease out
- Carefully extract or separate (information, ideas, etc.) from a mass of material; gradually obtain or elicit through persistent questioning or investigation
"The researcher teased out the key findings from the complex data set"
- Gently separate or disentangle (something physical, especially fibers or knots)
"She patiently teased out the knots in her daughter's hair"
Derived forms: teased out, teasing out, teases out