"Or more might already be here and hiding right nearby, just out of sight?"
Whoever had been leading them did not appear to be hiding nearby.
If she had been hiding nearby, surely all his noise would have brought her out by now.
The dog hid nearby under a chair, as if waiting for an explosion.
Except to tell us that a shadow had been around here last night and might still be hiding somewhere nearby.
She and the rest of the task group were hidden nearby to wait for the German submarine.
If the pretend-tourists were hiding nearby, he would see them from up there.
They had evidently fled in their own car, hidden nearby for just such an emergency.
She was carrying on as if they might be hiding somewhere nearby, in range of her voice, though actually that seemed unlikely.
And get to the fake armored van hidden under the trees nearby.