sniff something out

I sniffed it out and got there as they were leaving.

Such young men knew exactly how important money was, and they had a talent for sniffing it out.

She had kept her head low before, sniffing out the trail.

I can't let her sniff out what I'm up to.

It's only a matter of time until these guys are sniffed out.

Not much of this music has been written about or sniffed out for commercial potential.

There is even research being done on using dogs to sniff out disease.

He can go to the ground now and dare us to sniff him out.

Death had sniffed out his hiding place in under two hours.

"I can sniff out the ones trying to get in the paper," she said.