Synonyms for Searching:
adj.
•curious (adjective)fascinated, overcurious, agog, interested, peeking, investigative, questioning, nosy, snoopy, curious, agape, prying, inquisitive, Eavesdropping, poking, meddlesome, Peering.
•probing (adjective)
fact-finding, curious, inquisitive, inquiring, exploratory, seeking.
n.
fact-finding, searcher, microscopic, under the microscope, diagnostics, analytical, for future reference. sighting, stare, eye contact, peep, glimpse, sight, glance, gaze, look, preview. •careful (noun)careful.
•searching (noun)
inquiring, intelligent, inquisitory, trenchant, exploratory, explorative, probing.
•seeking (noun)
crazy about, wanting.
v.
•pursuing (verb)tailing, seeking, aspiring, pursuing, trailing, tracking, Endeavoring, hunting, Chasing, dogging, sleuthing, questing, Aiming, Harrying, striving, undertaking, Intending, stalking, following.
•searching (verb)
foraging, looking for, scouring, rifling, Rummaging, winnowing, probing, sifting, combing.
Other synonyms:
fact-finding, microscopic, searcher, diagnostics. analytical. •Other relevant words:
inquiring, wanting, trenchant, gaze, sight, diagnostics, explorative, peep, glimpse, microscopic, preview, sighting, look, inquisitory, exploratory, intelligent, searcher, fact-finding, careful, analytical, stare, glance.
Usage examples for searching
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After an hour of searching and much argument between him and Arno they finally located a trail and followed it. – A Yankee Flier in Italy by Rutherford G. Montgomery
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He cast a swift and searching look at Belisarius. – A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn
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Good and learned as my father's cousin is, he has distinctly refused to help me, for some mysterious reason of his own, in searching into this question. – Erema My Father's Sin by R. D. Blackmore