perlustration
noun/pɜːlʌˈstɹeɪʃən/
Etymology From perlustrate.
1
the action or fact of perlustrating
2
thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
- Yes, after a thorough perlustration of the loot that Andron and Niagarushka had obtained from the Queen's rosewood writing desk (mostly bills, and treasured snapshots, and those silly medals) a letter from the King did turn up.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire: