ferret out

ferret out  {literary} or smell out or sniff out  {v.}
To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find.
John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library.
Jane smelled out the boys' secret hiding place in the woods.
Categories: {literary} {v.}
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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