the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > search captiously (2)
intransitive. To hunt or search industriously or cautiously; to go or move about softly in search of or as if in search of something; to prowl. Also…
figurative and in figurative contexts. intransitive. To make a foray at or towards something; to reconnoitre, scout, be on the lookout. Obsolete.