searching

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(verb): To look in (a place) for something.
(verb): (followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
(verb): To look for, seek.
(verb): To probe or examine (a wound).
(verb): To examine; to try; to put to the test.
(noun): Search; hunt
(adjective): (of an investigation, etc.) Thorough.
(adjective): Looking over closely; penetrating; severe.

I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
a searching gaze; searching criticism