Reconnoitre

Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.

Not a drop of rain fell; the clouds went portentously off, like ships of war after reconnoitering a strong fort, to return with added strength and fury.

"Damn!" said Tommy, and tried to sit up. He had remembered. He was in that sinister house in Soho. He uttered a groan and fell back. Through his almost-closed lids he reconnoitred carefully.

As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain

The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.