SEARCH Copy link • SEARCH 1. s. indagatio: investigatio: Often by the verbs 2. v. quaerere (by asking): exquirere: perquirere (to inquire or examine strictly): scrutari: perscrutari (to see out or investigate thoroughly): percunctari (to inquire after anything; especially with reference to public news, etc.): sciscitari (to desire to know, endeavor to learn; de aliqua re): sciscitando elicere (to elicit by inquiry): percunctando atque interrogando elicere (by various inquiries): explorare (to spy out): expiscari (= to fish out): odorari (= to smell out): indagare: investigare (= to track out); also, for emphasis, (The words are found in this connection and order.) investigare et scrutari: indagare et pervestigare: indagare et odorari: percunctari et interrogare: tentare (e.g., vulnus, to search a wound): penetrare (to penetrate, enter deeply into): se insinuare (to find its way into). To search anybody, excutere aliquem (to see if he has anything contraband about his person). To search anybody’s house; Vid: HOUSE