fact-finding vs searching

fact-finding

noun

  • The determination of factual information. 

adj

  • Designed to determine factual information; investigative. 

searching

noun

  • search; hunt 

adj

  • Looking over closely; penetrating; severe. 

  • Thorough. 

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