What is the meaning of searching?

verb

• Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.
  • usage: "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
  • synonyms: search, seek, look for
• Search or seek.
  • usage: "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift"
  • synonyms: search, look
• Inquire into.
  • usage: "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
  • synonyms: research, search, explore
• Subject to a search.
  • usage: "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
  • synonyms: search

adjective

• Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation.
  • usage: "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
  • synonyms: inquisitory, probing
• Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect.
  • usage: "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
  • synonyms: trenchant
• Exploring thoroughly. .