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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a searching" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an act of looking for something carefully or thoroughly, often in a metaphorical sense, such as searching for truth or understanding.
Example: "After a searching examination of his motives, she decided to forgive him."
Alternatives: "an inquiry" or "a quest".
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They have a searching quality.
But a searching visit to the show was a bummer.
(There's a searching compositional reason for Feldman's quietness.
Alice Adams (1921), a searching character study, is perhaps his most finished novel.
She brought ethereal sound and a searching character to the soft phrases of "Ah, fors'è lui".
It was, and is, a searching investigation into the power of no.
A searching party found her wandering in the corridor not far away.
Mr. Smirnoff described Mr. Hadelich as a "complete musician," a "terribly curious and a searching person".
He casts a searching light on Troilus and listens to Criseyde.
She is a woman with a searching mind; she looks at accepted truths and challenges them.
A searching critique of the Bush administration's effort at post-9/11 nation-building?
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