1. hunt, hunting, search

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

• hunt
• hunting

2. search

an investigation seeking answers

Example Sentences:
'a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing'
'the outcome justified the search'

3. lookup, search

an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

Example Sentences:
'they wrote a program to do a table lookup'

• lookup

4. search

the examination of alternative hypotheses

Example Sentences:
'his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful'

5. search

boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

Example Sentences:
'right of search'

6. look for, search, seek

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

Example Sentences:
'The police are searching for clues'
'They are searching for the missing man in the entire county'

• look for
• seek

7. look, search

search or seek

Example Sentences:
'We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest'
'Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!'

• look

8. explore, research, search

inquire into

Example Sentences:
'the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project'
'He searched for information on his relatives on the web'
'Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness'

• explore
• research

9. search

subject to a search

Example Sentences:
'The police searched the suspect'
'We searched the whole house for the missing keys'