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What is another word for rummage through?

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Verb
(in a place) To look thoroughly for something
search
explore
probe
scan
dredge
fossick
investigate
rake
rifle
scrutiniseUK
scrutinizeUS
sift
troll
skirr
poozle
prospect
comb
delve in
dig in
dig through
ferret about in
ferret around in
ferret in
fish about in
fish around in
forage through
fossick through
go over with a fine-tooth comb
go through
go through with a fine-tooth comb
grub about in
grub around in
hunt through
leave no stone unturned
leave no stone unturned in
look around
look round
look through
poke around in
ransack
rifle through
root about in
root around in
rootle around in
roust around in
rummage about in
rummage around in
rummage in
scour
scrabble about in
scrabble around in
sift through
snoop
sort through
turn inside out
turn over
turn upside down
rummage
hunt
forage
look high and low
inspect
grub
search through
rake through
check
frisk
examine
sweep
screen
finecomb
seek
drag
rout
ferret
look around in
beat the bushes
go over
search high heaven
poke about in
rummage round in
go through with fine-tooth comb
pry
peer
dig into
ferret out
root through
look all over
search thoroughly
look high and low in
track down
look up and down
look for
hunt around in
look all over for
look into
turn out
look all round
shake down
delve
rootle
look
ferret around
ferret about
fine-tooth-comb
dig
scrabble
fish
seek out
scratch around
rootle around
survey
scout
burrow
scavenge
read
quest
cast about
cast around
rummage around
root about
scratch about
cast round
root around
rummage about
grope around
forage around
fish around
fish about
poke around
nose around
rummage round
go
fiddle
roust
hunt for
raise
clean
study
unearth
rake over
shuffle through
tip over
fine-comb
grub about
peruse
rake up
search about
scrabble around
feel around
poke about
mine
discover
dig up
bring up
canvas
pioneer
case
stake out
pore over
pursue
delve into
reconnoiterUS
recce
reconnoitreUK
trace
winnow
chase down
run reconnaissance
give something a going-over
give something a look-see
give the once-over
forage for
shop for
look up
cast about for
scour around
rootle about
be on the prowl
go after
fish for
cast around for
search out
try to find
look all over hell
be on the lookout
forage about
scrounge
root
poke
grope
hunt around
nose round
nose about
look about
scrounge around
fumble through
fiddle about in
“Every weekend thousands of thrifty Yorkshire folk trek to windswept fields to rummage through boxes of junk in the hope of finding something special.”
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