rummages

Rummages is the third-person singular form of rummage, meaning to search through something by moving items around in a disorderly way: She rummages through the drawer looking for her keys.

The searching is typically hasty and messy, suggesting digging through clutter rather than methodical inspection.

As a noun, rummages refers to multiple instances of such searching, or to items collected for a rummage sale—a sale of secondhand goods, often for charity.