searching

Examining closely or thoroughly; probing.

Keenly observant.

Engaged in seeking, exploring, investigating, or examining: as, a searching party.

Keen; penetrating; close: as, a searching discourse; a searching wind; a searching investigation.

Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying.

Present participle of search.

Thorough.

search; hunt

having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

exploring thoroughly