To inspect or investigate by dissection.
To scrutinize down to the most minute detail.
To examine or investigate something systematically.
To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
To examine diagnostically.
To (seek) experience first hand.
To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.