fingertip search
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fastidious forensic search of a crime scene, usually performed by investigators crawling along the ground.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "Several media liaison officers placed particular emphasis on the use of photo opportunities of elements of the investigation to gain or revive press interest (fingertip searches, house-to-house visits, underwater searches and so on)."
- "Police search teams led by Police Constable Franklin and Police Constable Sawyer conducted a thorough fingertip search of the common approach path of the area surrounding the body and of the area on either side of the approach path."
- "If the crime scene is small enough, SOCOs may carry out a fingertip search for evidence. Kneeling shoulder-to-shoulder and moving forward together, officers search the ground in front of them so that every inch of the crime scene is examined."
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
fingertip searches (plural)
finger-tip search (alternative)