The phrase "a methodical search of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a thorough and organized investigation or examination of a particular subject or area.
Example: "The detective conducted a methodical search of the crime scene to gather all possible evidence."
Alternatives: "a systematic search of" or "a thorough search of".
It enables a methodical search for free-energy minimizing structures, many of which are typically supported by the set of macromolecules and membranes constituting a given microbe.
Cosimo also organized a methodical search for ancient manuscripts, both within Christendom and even, with Sultan Mehmed II's permission, in the East.
Bonds repeatedly came up from his Beverly Hills home to conduct a methodical search for his legal team, interviewing numerous lawyers, and he plans to be active in the defense, according to a person with knowledge of that search who spoke on condition of not being identified.
In order to compare the predictions of ABS-Scan with the experimentally reported alanine-scanning mutations, a methodical search was carried out to mine all the experimental results available in literature on alanine-scanning mutagenesis of residues at the binding site.
Then began a methodical search, house by house, as an officer demanded, through a loudspeaker, that locals open their blinds.
He is engaging in a methodical search that reflects, in part, his deliberative nature and his desire to avoid a repeat of the spectacle that surrounded his break with his previous pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
Drinking beer and tequila, he begins a methodical search and finds himself back at the restaurant by the lagoon where they had eaten the night before.
Six months notice is a minimum to allow for a methodical search and continuity through June.
"They have been out in all weathers carrying out systematic and methodical searches of the very challenging terrain.
