fingertip search
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə.tɪp ˌsɜːtʃ/ us/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ.tɪp ˌsɜ˞ːtʃ/
地毯式搜查
a very careful search of a place, usually by police officers or experts, to try to find evidence relating to a crime
The crime scene was immediately sealed off and officers began a fingertip search of the area. 犯罪现场立即被封锁，警察开始对该地区进行地毯式搜查。
to carry out/conduct/make a fingertip search 进行地毯式搜查
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- Forensic experts made a fingertip search of acres of woodland.
- Police in Blackburn carried out fingertip searches of two houses and a college that the man had attended.
- Three men were arrested at the address and officers conducted a fingertip search of the premises.
- A body was found in a shallow grave at Norwood Edge, near Harrogate, sparking off a fingertip search of the area.
- Police sealed off much of the common in a fingertip search for the knife.