The phrase "a searching study of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an in-depth examination or analysis of a particular subject or topic.
Example: "The researcher conducted a searching study of the effects of climate change on marine biodiversity."
Alternatives: "an in-depth analysis of" or "a thorough investigation of".
You can argue that this has made for a lack of movies on "British" subjects over the years, but in truth (and especially if one includes the force of television), then Britain has enjoyed a far more searching study of itself on screen than has America.
As the Vietnam War drew to an end, the Army carried out a soul-searching study of the state of its officer corps.
Searching databases for studies of any kind of intervention to promote cancer awareness or early presentation is difficult because the search terms cannot focus on the intervention itself, unlike a search for studies of the effectiveness of a drug or a particular type of complex intervention.
A search of study designs included randomised trials, cohort, case-control, crossover, before and after, and time series studies.
Access datasets from within iPOLL or from a search of study abstracts located in the dataset databank.
To ensure that all relevant literature was included, the first step consisted of a search of studies concerning computer-based nursing documentation in general.
As such, our research team is currently performing a study searching for biomarkers of chronic pancreatitis via a comparative proteomic analysis of secretin-stimulated, ePFT-collected pancreatic fluid.
The story is both topical and timeless: a searching, present-tense study of evolving cultural values in the heartland and an unsentimental portrait of a family devastated by the tragedy of an early death.
Our aim was to systematically review the definition and reporting of contaminants within the literature regarding infant bacteremia.Methods: A search of studies published between 1986 and mid-September 2016 was conducted using Medline/PubMed.
