A person who searches for something (in various senses of the verb); a person who searches in a particular place; a person who endeavours to find a…

A person who looks into, sees into, examines, or scrutinizes something.

One who searches into anything.

One who makes inquisition or inquiry; an inquirer, seeker, investigator; a curious or prying inquirer, an inquisitive person. Const. of, into.

A person who or thing which investigates something; (now) esp. a person who or body which undertakes scientific or academic research.

A person who peruses; a reader.

One who follows the footprints or track of anything; one who tracks, investigates, or searches out; spec. one whose business is the tracing of…

One whose duty it is to scrutinize or examine; esp. one who acts as an examiner of votes at an election, etc. Also, spec. in Motor Racing and Motor-b…

A person who examines something or someone; esp. one conducting a judicial or academic examination; an examiner. Obsolete.

An examiner, an inspector.

A person employed or appointed to inspect or investigate something, esp. to check for irregularities; an official inspector or investigator. Chiefly…

A person who closely investigates, inspects, or analyses something; = examiner, n. 3. Also: an official investigator; = examiner, n. 4. Obsolete.

A person who researches; an investigator, inquirer. Frequently with into, of.

A searcher, investigator, inquirer.

transferred and figurative.

A person who pries.

An examiner.

One who makes disquisition; an inquirer or investigator; the author of a disquisition.

One who grubs, literal and figurative; a digger; a searcher among ruins and the like; a laborious worker.

A person who or thing which probes.

= grubber, n. 1.

One whose occupation it is to discover matters artfully concealed; particularly (and in the original application as short for detective policeman…

One who expiscates; an investigator. Const. of.