alternatives for "leveraging"

Some people frown upon the use of "leveraging" in formal writing. What would be a good alternative to the expression:

We will be able to investigate X leveraging from the knowledge of Y.

None of the entries in thesaurus seem to neatly apply to the case. Any ideas?

Solution 1:

Applying, using (and I suppose utilising, but frankly I'd much prefer leveraging to that), "making use of"

Your from is incorrect above, by the way. It should be "We will be able to investigate X, leveraging the knowledge of Y", and hence "We will be able to investigate X, applying the knowledge of Y" and so on.

Solution 2:

The term I would use is "building upon."

We were able to investigate X, building upon our knowledge of Y.

Solution 3:

Another alternative could be:

"We will be able to investigate X, benefitting from the knowledge of Y"

Solution 4:

First off, the "verb" leverage is on my list of unaccepted words. I will gladly use "getting leverage" or "taking advantage" but prefer using a verb like "benefit" or even "exploit." Actually, I believe that most people would like to use the verb "exploit" but believe it sounds wrong.