ferret out

verb

ferreted out; ferreting out; ferrets out

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

He's good at ferreting out the facts.

Examples of ferret out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This time of year, catbirds are ferreting out their nesting and feeding territories. —Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026

Another avenue is for an AI maker to ferret out why their AI is doing some recurring act and then tweak the AI to stop doing so. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

According to neighbors, Eurovision organizers are flying multiple drones over the stadium in the lead up to the event while unleashing dogs to ferret out potential explosives. —Steven Blum, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026

Mindful of the skepticism, Mozilla on Thursday provided a behind-the-scenes look into its use of Anthropic Mythos—an AI model for identifying software vulnerabilities—to ferret out 271 Firefox security flaws over two months. —Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026

Rhymes for ferret out

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