As dawn broke, a painstaking search of the interior of the 290m ship began.

A painstaking search of the 950-foot longship's interior was being conducted to see if anyone might be left trapped inside.

Then he moved out from camp, keeping under cover, and for fifteen minutes he made a painstaking search of the area.

Only today did American investigators begin to secure the site of the blast and begin a painstaking search for evidence.

Harrison explained his painstaking search through the personal papers of historical characters.

Finally, after being considerably slowed down by the painstaking search, he found where they had left the stream.

So it had the streets cleared in order to begin as quickly as possible a painstaking search for us.

The police immediately began a painstaking search of the suspect's home for evidence and took away his car on a flatbed truck.

The chances are it would only be after a painstaking search.

I have conducted a painstaking search and have discovered nothing.