Answer: rummaging

AnswerCrossword Clue
RUMMAGINGRansacker's action
rummaging(of a customs officer) Make a thorough search of (a vessel)
rummagingFind (something) by searching in this way
rummagingSearch unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle
rummagingRUMMAGE, to search (to look carefully for something)