Synonyms for search

verb

• inquire into
• search or seek
• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
• subject to a search

noun

• an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
• an investigation seeking answers
• boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
• the examination of alternative hypotheses