Nose around

PRY

Think of what someone might do when they're overly curious about others' business, often with a sense of intrusiveness. The word starts with the same letter as "peek.

Nose around" is a playful way to say someone is snooping or investigating where they shouldn’t. The answer "PRY" fits because it means to intrude or peek into something curiously, just like sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong. The clue uses "nose" as a hint for the prying action, making it a simple but clever word association.