Look beneath the surface verb phrase
To focus on or look into the deeper aspects of something
If you look beneath the surface of the problem, then you will find its solution.
When you start to analyze a literary work, you need to look beneath the surface to understand the author's point of view.
The verb "look" should be conjugated according to its tense.
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.