Sentence examples for set off a hunt from inspiring English sources

The contract-style killing has shocked people here and set off a hunt for clues that is consuming both the local police chief, who was a friend of Mr. Wales's, and F.B.I. officials.

The discovery of MMTV set off a hunt for a similar virus in human breast cancers.

A call to the railroad set off a hunt for his goods.

Lucian, one of the disease's earliest victims, set off a hunt among doctors to discover its cause.

Then researchers found that the lifespan of laboratory animals could be extended by manipulating certain genes, setting off a hunt for drugs that might influence the corresponding genes in people.

A United States Air Force jet plane has mistakenly dropped an anti-missile device over the British countryside, setting off a hunt for a device that could be dangerous to civilians who may stumble across it.

The discovery, which has not yet yielded arrests, set off a pedophile hunt around the world.

In a television interview in October, Mr. Clifford said dozens of celebrities from the 1960s and 1970s were "frightened to death" that the Savile inquiry might set off a "witch hunt" that implicated them.

Mr. Speaker's odyssey has also set off an international hunt for his fellow passengers.

The incident, which unfolded with little attention in December, has set off a monthlong international hunt through snowy mountains for the devices, which, it turns out, are abandoned Soviet nuclear batteries.

The book sold more than 1 million copies and set off a storm of "armchair treasure hunt books".