search me

Idioms  

1. I don't know the answer to that, as in Where's John?—Search me, I haven't seen him for weeks. This expression in effect means “you can investigate me completely for the information you want but you won't find it.” [Slang; c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

“During college, people would search me online, and Lunney v. Prodigy would be one of the first things that came up,” Lunney said.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2020

Pupils from St Columba's RC Primary School at Lochyside, which Mr Kennedy attended as a child, have been asked to the sing the Psalm O God, you search me and you know me.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2015

“The police apologised and told me they had to search me because I was in the same car, but that they now knew I just got in the wrong car,” she said.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2014

If they wanted to strip search me, I could care less.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2012

Later I kept expecting Maurice to search me out, and when he missed dinner I went up to his room.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson