noun
missing person report; request for a police search
Formal term for filing a request with the police to search for a missing person. Often used in the phrase 捜索願を出す.
家族が行方不明になったので、警察に捜索願を出した。
Because a family member went missing, we filed a missing person report with the police.
Standard kanji spelling for a missing-person search request.
Variant with okurigana; less common but still seen.
Compound of 捜索 (search) and 願 (request, petition). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward legal/police term.