searches
Looks for things
Searches is the plural of search, a systematic effort to find something.
Police conduct searches of crime scenes; detectives run background searches on suspects.
Internet searches have become the dominant sense—queries entered into search engines: My recent searches include cheap flights and recipe ideas.
As a verb form: She searches her memory for the name.
Professional crime investigator
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- cluesHints toward answers
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- sleuthPrivate investigator
investigator · surveillance · manhunt · dragnet · warrant · suspect · canvass · APB
Seeking answers through inquiry
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
analysis · survey · study · polling · interview · investigation · audit · review
Important identifying words
- SEOImproving site discoverability
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- filteringSelective passage of elements
sorting · query · results · browser · engine · Google · autocomplete · ranking
Searching by moving things
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- huntingPursuing wild game
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- scavengingGathering discarded or dead material
combing · scouring · ransacking · frisking · pat-down · rifling · digging · sweeping
Sudden important advance
- findingConclusion from investigation
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
detecting · locating · unearthing · stumbling upon · discovery · eureka · insight · tracing
Magnetic body imaging
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
- CTTomographic imaging method
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
imaging · mammography · colonoscopy · endoscopy · biopsy · angiography · echocardiogram · screening
detective
Professional crime investigator
sleuth · investigator · surveillance · manhunt · dragnet · warrant · suspect · canvass · APB · stakeout
questioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
scrutiny · analysis · survey · study · polling · interview · investigation · audit · review · assessment
keywords
Important identifying words
- SEOImproving site discoverability
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
filtering · sorting · query · results · browser · engine · Google · autocomplete · ranking · crawling
rummaging
Searching by moving things
scavenging · combing · scouring · ransacking · frisking · pat-down · rifling · digging · sweeping · checking
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- findingConclusion from investigation
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
serendipity · detecting · locating · unearthing · stumbling upon · discovery · eureka · insight · tracing · pinpointing
MRI
Magnetic body imaging
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
- CTTomographic imaging method
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
PET · imaging · mammography · colonoscopy · endoscopy · biopsy · angiography · echocardiogram · screening · diagnostic
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- conveyancingcompletion, title deed, enquiries, land registry, exchange
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- social controllaws, rules, norms, taboos, censorship
searchesstumbles upon
Finds by accident
browses · happens upon · chances upon · encounters · wanders
searchesignores
Refuses to acknowledge
overlooks · disregards · neglects · passes over · glosses over
- word searchHidden vocabulary grid puzzle
- job searchSeeking paid employment
- search engineTool for locating websites
- search partyGroup seeking someone lost
- searching forTrying to find
- search warrantDocument permitting lawful premises examination
search, research, searching, researcher, searched, researched, searcher, researching, search out