"inception search" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a method of conducting a search that begins with a given set of results and works backward through the search index to find results from the beginning of the index. For example, you could say "We used an inception search to get data from the earliest publications on the topic."
Since its inception, the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been plagued bypolitics.
Since its inception, the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been plagued by politics.
We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and PILOTS from their inception to October 2014, searched reference lists, and contacted experts.
Articles were searched from inception to 6 June 2011, with the search updated on 21 February 2012.
The databases were searched from inception until September 14, 2007, and the search was limited to human subjects, English and abstracts in PubMed and to peer-reviewed articles in English in the database platform CSA.
Eight electronic databases (MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, EMBASE, AMI, CINAHL, Scopus, AMED, ISI Web of Science) were searched from inception until January 2012 using a sensitive search strategy based on that recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration (included as an Additional File).
Eight electronic databases (including Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Controlled Trials register, Embase) were searched from inception for periods up to January 2006 (search strategies available on request).
We identified articles by searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library from database inception until May 2014 (for search strategies see Additional file 1: Table S1).
We searched Medline (via Pubmed), Embase, and the Cochrane Library from their inception to June 2013 (for search strategies see appendix tables 1 and 2 on bmj.com).
Thirteen electronic databases were searched from inception until 30th September 2013 in all languages, with additional searches of key authors, reference lists of reviews and included papers.
