Detecting and Searching

Detecting

Detecting noun - A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.

Searching and detecting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Searching" instead an adjective "Detecting".

Searching

Searching adjective - Exploring thoroughly.
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Synonyms for Searching

Detecting and searching are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detecting" instead an adjective "Searching".

Nearby Words: search, searched, searcher, searchable

Both words in one sentence

  • Nazi Gold When suspicions are raised about the motives of a German visitor in wanting to excavate the site of a crashed WWII German aeroplane, a normally silent member of the metal detecting club suggests that he might be searching for Nazi gold smuggled out of Germany by the Luftwaffe.
    Source: Nazi Gold
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