Investigations Lab's Query Forge

Type a query and search Google directly. Use a sweep when you need to cover a date range; every search is recorded in your private local ledger.

Searches open in Google’s Web tab and are saved locally.
1 Sources (optional)
Load a list of sites to search inside — your own, or fetched from a public source database. Skip to search the whole web.
0 sources · 0 selected
2 What are you looking for? (answer any or all)
Each answer becomes a piece of Google syntax — shown under the field, and assembled live in the preview below. A single word is a valid search.
try:

Separate by commas — every one of them must appear on the pageAND

Separate by commas — at least one of them has to appearOR

Matched in this exact order"…"

from until

Leave either side empty for an open rangeafter:before:

More ways to narrow it down — optional
3 Extra sites (optional)
Add one-off sites by hand. They join whatever's selected in the Vault.

▌ Query preview
Type a word above — your query builds itself here.
In plain English, your search will appear here.
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opens Web tab in Verbatim mode