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1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 8 The Dogges came vp hot vpon the scent:..the Foxe was caught and torne in pieces.

1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation I. iii. 221 Bonner, who was hot on the scent of Preferment, added a Preface.

1702 J. Toland Vindicius Liberius 77 Since they were so hot on the Scent of pernitious Books, I have Reason to ask.., Why such a Dedication was not Solemn.

1823 London Mag. Mar. 248 They are hot upon her trail.

1829 G. Griffin in Lit. Souvenir 89 These English dogs have worried us from our hold, and are still hot upon our scent.

1897 Evening Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 15 Sept. (Fourth ed.) 1/6 When the..police and Albany detectives were hot on the trail of Warner, the officers were also looking for a woman.

1906 W. Woods Billy the Kid iv, in America's Lost Plays VIII. 242 Me own life ain't none too safe. They're hot on our trail.

1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Jan. 37 England were hot on the scent of their first Test victory in New Zealand for 14 years.

2007 Science 2 Mar. 1211/2 Researchers are hot on the trail of..small molecule drugs that reactivate the p53 protein.