1794 E. Gunning Packet III. xvi. 247 Ghost-hunting is not always in season.

1880 H. Smart in Disprose's Ann. 37/1 Though our ghost-hunting to-night was not a success, I should not have minded another attempt to collect evidence in their favour.

1914 M. West Educ. & Psychol. i. 2 Often Psychology..is made to include ghost-hunting, table-turning, thought-reading, and all sorts of illicit dabblings with the other world.

2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 July (Review section) 3/1 Only animals and babies can naturally detect ghosts, John explains. If you're an adult of our species, ghost hunting is a highly technical affair.

1840 Knickerbocker Feb. 109 Hoping that it [sc. the story] may have the same effect upon your ghost-hunting readers, I offer it..for insertion in your Magazine.

1952 Arizona Republic 3 Mar. 1/5 Six ghost-hunting American soldiers spent the night in England's ‘most haunted house’ and shuffled out Sunday morning firmly convinced there are spooks inside.

2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 1 July 4 This summer one of the biggest movies is..a live-action comedy based on the popular Hanna Barbara cartoon about ghost-hunting kids and their cowardly mutt, Scooby Doo.