rootle

verb2

1. •
   to dig into the ground, with the snout.

   • Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled. — 1929
2. •
   to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.

   • 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.' — 1908