fact-finding vs search

fact-finding

noun
  • The determination of factual information. 

adj
  • Designed to determine factual information; investigative. 

search

noun
  • The act of searching in general. 

  • An attempt to find something. 

verb
  • To look in (a place) for something. 

  • To look thoroughly. 

How often have the words fact-finding and search occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )