犯はん人にん探さがし

noun

searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

Refers to the act of looking for a person responsible for a crime or misdeed. Often used in contexts of assigning blame or investigating an incident.

• 警けい察さつは犯はん人にん探さがしを続つづけている。

  The police are continuing the search for the culprit.

• 会かい議ぎでは犯はん人にん探さがしばかりで、解かい決けつ策さくが出でなかった。

  The meeting was just about finding who was to blame, and no solution came out.