search (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. usu. expr. by verb2. also these subss. occur • search (subs.): 1. usu. expr. by verb: he institutes a s. for the man, hominem conquiri jubet: in the s. for truth, in veritate investiganda, etc.: v. to search. 2. also these subss. occur: (1.) inquīsītio: Cic. Off. 1, 4, 13 (veri inquisitio atque investigatio): Pl. (2.) scrūtātio: Sen. V. B. 23, 2 (s. domus). (3.) investīgatio, indāgātio: v. examination, enquiry.