Synonyms of dredging

dredging

verb

present participle of dredge

as in searching

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

I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• abandoning
• neglecting