All mousing synonyms

verb mousing

• nose around — pry, snoop
• pry — to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
• sniff — to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
• snoop — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
• pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
• follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
• investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
• peep — to utter the short, shrill little cry of a young bird, a mouse, etc.; cheep; squeak.
• intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
• poke — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
• peek — to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer.
• interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
• peer — a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
• snook — any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, especially C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to Brazil, valued as food and game.
• scent — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
• inspect — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
• smell — to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of: I smell something burning.
• meddle — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
• busybody — If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people's affairs.
• scout — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
• inquire — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
• scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
• fish — (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
• hunt — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
• prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
• root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
• dragnet — a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
• quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
• fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
• nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
• delve — If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
• comb — A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
• ransack — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
• chase — If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
• stare — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
• spy — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
• mess with — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• beat the bushes — a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
• ferret out — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
• bird-dog — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
• cast about — to make a mental or visual search
• go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• gun for — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
• leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
• run after — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
• sniff out — detect
• track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.