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Adjective searching has 3 senses

inquisitory, probing, searching - diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
Antonyms: uninquiring, uninquisitive (indirect, via inquiring)
searching, trenchant - having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
Antonyms: unintelligent, stupid (indirect, via intelligent)
searching - exploring thoroughly
Antonyms: nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative (indirect, via exploratory)

Verb search has 4 senses

search, seek, look for - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

Derived forms: noun search₁, noun searcher₂, noun searcher₁
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot search Sue
The banks search the check
They search the water
search, look - search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
--₂ is one way to examine, see

Derived forms: noun search₁, noun searcher₂, noun searcher₁
Sample sentences:
The men search the area for animals
The men search for animals in the area
research, search, explore - inquire into
--₃ is one way to investigate, look into

Derived forms: noun search₂, noun searcher₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
--₄ is one way to examine, see

Derived forms: noun search₅, noun searcher₂, noun searcher₁
Sample sentence:
They want to search the prisoners