Phrasal verbs:

nose about / around / round / through

all of these mean, to pry into someone else's affairs, to search around for something

• A:- The police came round to the house this morning.
  
• B:- Really! What did they want?
  
• A:- They said they were investigating a robbery which took place last Tuesday. They wanted to know where I was last Tuesday. And one of the policemen spent a few minutes nosing around our garage.
  
• B:- He didn't find anything, did he?
  
• A:- No, we're clean.

• S:- Oi! What are you doing in my bedroom?
  
• B:- I'm only looking for my socks. Mum said she accidentally put my socks in one of your drawers.
  
• S:- Get out of here! Don't you dare nose through my stuff! If I catch you nosing about in my room again I'll give you a slap.

• The young woman suspected her husband was having an affair with another woman, so she hired a private detective to nose round him whenever he went out.

• A:- Well, well, well, what do we have here?
  
• B:- It looks like the evaluation files for the company staff.
  
• A:- Let's nose around these files and see if there is someone we know.
  
• B:- After that, let's nose about in the accounting files. We might be able to get some credit card numbers.

• Sometimes I wonder if Historians should have the right to nose through the private diaries of historical figures. I wouldn't like anyone nosing around my private journals.

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