It was not much of a false scent, but it might gain some time.

But there were ample signs that I had not come upon a false scent.

Once more Conrad blessed the hound that was following a false scent.

We don't want you baying on a false scent.

Some idea of a false scent by making the crime appear to have taken place at four o'clock?

For a moment -they were off on a false scent, beating up another street.

Maybe they are doing it to throw you off, give you a false scent.

He had wasted half a day in following the false scent on the Lillington road.

In spite of the false scent we had thrown out the day before, there must have been fifty people about the bridge.