home in on

verb

homed in on; homing in on; homes in on

: to find and move directly toward (someone or something)

The missile was homing in on its target.

—often used figuratively

Researchers are homing in on the cause of the disease.

Examples of home in on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His tongue tended to home in on the pocket behind his upper right incisors. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Researchers took mice used to model Alzheimer’s and other tauopathies, diseases marked by a buildup of the protein tau, and treated them with an antibody that blocks CXCR3, a molecule immune cells use to home in on sites of infection and damage. — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

Still, drugmakers are increasingly homing in on narrower and potentially more accurate drug targets as science reveals more of cancer's remarkable molecular diversity. — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

After moving to New York in 2018, Bensinger began to home in on stand-up and self-produced sketches as his dominant forms, the latter of which have steadily grown into more ambitious shorts. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

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