combing through
Sifting with care
Combing through means searching methodically and thoroughly, examining something piece by piece: She spent hours combing through old photographs, Investigators are combing through the evidence.
The image is of a comb passing through hair, catching every tangle and detail.
- locatingDetermining position of
- analyzingExamining in detail
- scrutinizingExamining something very closely
- picking apartSeparating into components
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
digging deep · arranging · seeking · sift · investigating · cold case · detecting · hunting · needle in haystack · part · rummaging · knot · trace · search · paper trail · strands · scouring · classifying
- separating methodsflour sifting, gold panning, winnowing, straining, screening
combing throughskimming
Passing lightly over
ignoring · scanning · glossing over · overlooking · neglecting
combing throughglancing
Looking briefly or obliquely
peeking · glimpsing · tuning out · zoning out · spacing out
comb, combed, combing, combs, through, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughness