ferret out

phrasal verb

ferreted out; ferreting out; ferrets out

: to find (something, such as information) by careful searching

He's good at ferreting out the facts.

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The president is busy seeking political revenge in other arenas, such as ferreting out the identities of FBI agents who investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection of the Capitol. —

Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025 Also crucial to ferreting out important signals was the data-processing software, supplied by vendors whose identities remain classified. —

IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025 Many of the nation's most skilled security researchers will waste untold hours ferreting out the backdoors. —

Nadia Heninger, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2013 Modern advertising is driven by using algorithms to ferret out specific audiences aligned around specific interests, mindsets and product needs. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ferret out