| Searching 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Search. 2. (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. Thesaurus Entries chase, cynegetic, delving, digging, dogging, domiciliary visit, dragnet, exploration, fishing, follow, follow-up, following, forage, frisk, halieutic, house-search, hue and cry, hunt, hunting, in full cry, in hot pursuit, in pursuit, in search of, loaded for bear, looking for, nosy, out for, out for bear, perquisition, piscatorial, piscatory, poking, posse, probe, probing, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuant, pursuing, pursuit, quest, questing, ransacking, rummage, search, search party, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, seeking, shadowing, stalk, stalking, still hunt, tracking, tracking down, trailing, turning over |