tracing

Tracing a renegade's family background, you'll find him the black sheep.

There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps.

Scientists have developed apps that can be used for contact tracing.

Police kept tracing down the group.

Samaritans descend from ancient Israelites who worshiped at a temple on Mount Gerizim, tracing themselves to the northern Kingdom of Israel.