Synonyms of hunting (through)

hunting (through)

verb

present participle of hunt (through)

as in searching

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searching
• digging (through)
• sorting (through)
• scanning
• finding
• combing
• surveying
• raking
• dredging
• exploring
• trolling
• locating
• checking (out)
• investigating
• scouring
• examining
• hitting (on or upon)
• tracking (down)
• finding out
• running down
• rummaging
• ferreting (out)
• inspecting
• poking (around)
• shaking down
• rifling
• patting down
• ransacking
• looking over
• glancing (over)
• reviewing
• discovering
• auditing
• grubbing (about)
• learning
• detecting
• determining
• scaring up
• scrutinizing
• ascertaining
• studying
• probing
• frisking
• prospecting
• snooping
• getting
• browsing
• perusing
• descrying
• skirmishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• abandoning
• neglecting