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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David Shatto, representing the attorney general's office, argued the state has every right to request information from the group as part of its broader effort to ferret out noncompliance with the state's recent prohibition on gender-affirming care for adolescents. —

Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Mar. 2024 Election officials can also ferret out irregularities by spot-checking the results before they're officially certified. —

Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2020 The case for the Cook Islands A good lawyer may be able to ferret out the existence of a secret trust or LLC. —

Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024 The onus should be on the generative AI to efficiently and effectively ferret out relevant versus irrelevant information. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ferret out