verb

reach inside a receptacle and search for something.

she delved in her pocket

search (through),hunt through,scrabble about/around in,root about/around in,ferret (about/around) in,fish about/around in,poke about/around in,dig in,grub about/around in,go through,burrow in,rifle through,scour,ransack,turn upside down,turn inside out,rootle around in,fossick through,roust around in