1. Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
   "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
   - inquisitory, probing 
2. Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
   "searching insights"
   - trenchant 
3. Exploring thoroughly

1. Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
   "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
   - seek, look for 
2. Search or seek
   - look 
3. Inquire into
   "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"
   - research, explore 
4. Subject to a search
   "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

See also: explorative, exploratory, inquiring, intelligent, searcher, searchingly

Type of: examine, investigate, look into, see

Encyclopedia: Search

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