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

Those killed include a 4-year-old boy, in Jennings County, Indiana, in the southeastern part of the state, who was killed when a tree toppled on his home in on Tuesday amid an outbreak of severe weather. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

The administration’s latest attempt to wrest local control from California officials has homed in on stripping authority granted to the state by the Coastal Zone Management Act, or CZMA. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Next, the researchers homed in on whether this region of the dog brain is involved in processing happiness or simply all emotions. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026

Naheim immediately homes in on making the paper towels look like denim with various shades of blue dye. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for home in on

• agamemnon
• automaton
• diencephalon
• panopticon
• phenomenon
• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
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• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon