Despite a meticulous search, however, he found nothing that looked right, no outline of a door, no crack in the wall.

Vasco carried out his usual meticulous search and pronounced the room clear.

Her meticulous search of libraries and museums and her use of living source materials established her as a dance scholar.

A meticulous search of all the possibilities took quite a while and allowed the storm ample time to cover their trail.

When the spasm subsided-for that was how she thought of it the next day-she completed her meticulous search of the corpse.

But the most meticulous search failed to reveal any trace of the missing necklace.

Here again, Poirot made a very meticulous search but with no result.

The two ships conducted a meticulous search of the channel, found no mines, and returned to Wilmington around noon to make their report.

Agents from both the Atomic Energy Commission and Naval Intelligence were conducting a meticulous search of the small frame house.

After a meticulous search through Luke's old quarters, Tuvok had found the chip hidden behind a ventilation panel.