reconnoitering

• But it was his policy never to take unnecessary chances After a few minutes of reconnoitering, he approached a side entrance to the decaying mansion and knocked. —  034 - The Fantastic Island
• Partly this was to take advantage of the broader hominem visual spectrum for night operations; but mostly it was to keep the other side in the dark (sorry) when we drop in for a night's reconnoitering, intelligence gathering, and general marauding. —  AnalogSFF,September2008
• It flew a leg off to the south, then to the north, then into the east Reconnoitering," Doc said But why They learned the reason for the reconnoitering after the seaplane came back and landed, taxied up to the beach, and the crew got out They watched closely, saw one prisoner taken from the plane Major Lowell," Hannah said. —  125 - Mystery On Happy Bones
• On further reconnoitering, the voyagers counted twenty-one lodges; and from the number of horses, computed that there must be nearly a hundred Indians encamped there. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
• A small division of light native boats, under the command of the brave old Patingi Ali, were selected to keep as a reconnoitering party with our leading boats, while the remaining native force, of above thirty boats, followed as a reserve. —  The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy

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