The phrase "after first discovering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a sequence of events, specifically referring to the moment of initial discovery before discussing subsequent actions or thoughts.
Example: "After first discovering the hidden talent, she decided to pursue it more seriously."
Alternatives: "upon first finding" or "after initially uncovering".
While it wasn't long after first discovering HTML that Nelson set out to teach himself to code, he quickly ran into an obstacle: The only bookstore in his hometown on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands was woefully lacking in coding manuals.
Beukema simply brought the issue to light after first discovering the issue more than a year ago.
In addition, some readers, after first discovering a new website via StumbleUpon may decide to later return on their own, in which case it would be hard to see their clicks as first being inspired by a visit to StumbleUpon.
After first discovering his taste for kink at the age of 12 in the pre-internet 1970s, Faction found kindred spirits through an ad in a swinger's magazine.
Finally, about four weeks after first discovering my lump, I found myself in the Comprehensive Breast Health Center at Brigham and Women's for an examination by a nurse practitioner.
But almost a hundred years after Alzheimer first discovered the plaques, nobody has a clear idea of exactly how they damage the brain.
As previously reported, Uber did not notify the attorney general's office until November 21, 2017, more than a year after Uber first discovered the breach.
Uber did not notify the attorney general's office until November 21, 2017, more than a year after Uber first discovered the breach.
Unromantic indeed: 130 years after it was first discovered and almost 60 years after the first antibiotics became available, one third of the world's population is infected with TB.
"It is difficult to understand how, two decades after they were first discovered, the church continues to deny them".
