Comparative law notes
This English term is very broad, but it the same one used to denote the process that occurs when investigating a criminal suspect in the US. Thus, it is a perfectly adequate translation in the narrower criminal law context.
Substantiv
partial
noun
This English term is very broad, but it the same one used to denote the process that occurs when investigating a criminal suspect in the US. Thus, it is a perfectly adequate translation in the narrower criminal law context.
the act of examining a place, person, or thing carefully to try to find something
Police carried out a search of the suspect's house at around 2am this morning.