sniff out
Verb
Meaning
recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
He can smell out trouble
An end goal that even his friends can sniff out.
Before taking on any debt you should run it by a financial expert - someone who can read the fine print and help you sniff out bad deals.
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In the first stage of the trial, the dogs could sniff out the virus in a person who is asymptomatic, or before the symptoms appear, the researcher, Anna Hielm-Bjorkman, said.
It trains dogs to use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out cancers and other life-threatening medical conditions.