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Perlustration

//pɜːlʌˈstɹeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the action or fact of perlustrating countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    thorough examination of a document or of correspondence countable, uncountable

    "Yes, after a thorough perlustration of the loot that Andron and Niagarushka had obtained from the Queen's rosewood writing desk (mostly bills, and treasured snapshots, and those silly medals) a letter from the King did turn up."

Etymology

From perlustrate.

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