Synonyms of digging (through)

digging (through)

verb

present participle of dig (through)

as in searching

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

I roughly dug through the closet looking for my shoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searching
• hunting (through)
• sorting (through)
• scanning
• finding
• combing
• surveying
• raking
• exploring
• dredging
• checking (out)
• locating
• investigating
• trolling
• examining
• scouring
• hitting (on or upon)
• rummaging
• finding out
• running down
• tracking (down)
• poking (around)
• inspecting
• shaking down
• ferreting (out)
• ransacking
• looking over
• reviewing
• glancing (over)
• rifling
• patting down
• discovering
• auditing
• grubbing (about)
• learning
• detecting
• determining
• scaring up
• scrutinizing
• ascertaining
• studying
• probing
• frisking
• snooping
• prospecting
• getting
• browsing
• perusing
• descrying
• skirmishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• abandoning
• neglecting