Contains

• exploration

  A careful systematic search.

• frisk

  The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect...

• seeking

  The act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds".

• ransacking

  A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic...

• shakedown

  A very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the...

• scouring

  Moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the entire area revealed noth...

• foraging

  The act of searching for food and provisions.

• looking

  The act of searching visually.

• manhunt

  An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).

• semantic search

  A search for digital objects based on meaning rather than words.