From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsearching look/glance/gazesearching look/glance/gazea look from someone who is trying to find out as much as possible about someone else’s thoughts and feelings She avoided his long searching look. → searching
Examples from the Corpus
searching look/glance/gaze• Crouched down beside it, Delaney took another searching glance behind him, at the lifeless, cluttered room.• Soul searching Look no further for a hot new boy band.• Guy led Chalon back on to the road, casting another searching glance up at Isabel's closed face.• The searching gaze was too much for Denis. 