noun
Refers to someone actively searching for or pursuing something, often used in contexts like truth, knowledge, or a goal.
彼は真実の探求者だ。
He is a seeker of truth.
その探求者は長年、失われた都市を追い求めている。
The pursuer has been searching for the lost city for many years.
追求者 is more about chasing or pursuing something, often with a stronger sense of active pursuit, while 探求者 implies a deeper, more thorough search.
Compound of 探求 (search, quest) and 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for agent nouns.