"rifle through" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to quickly look through something, usually to search for something specific. For example: She rifled through the drawer looking for the keys.
Let's have them rifle through the garbage.
You just have to rifle through the rails.
Going for a quick rifle through your bosses desk?
Not only does he break into her hotel room undetected and rifle through her things.
Adelstein had heard that somebody had recently smuggled a Marine-issued rifle through customs.
It doesn't bother me, as it affords an excellent opportunity to rifle through their bags.
Better yet, I could rifle through desk drawers until I find my permit.
Palaeontologists continue to rifle through the rubbish bins of taxonomy, separating out previously muddled taxa.
I must rifle through them and decide which things to bin and which to keep.
Type in a girlfriend's password and rifle through her e-mail.
Boyfriend Personal Information Slip into his apartment and rifle through his mail.
