Penelusur

Penelusur is an Indonesian noun that denotes a person or instrument that traces, investigates, or searches carefully for information, traces, or routes. The word is formed from telusur “to trace, to search” with the agentive prefix pe- and the suffix -ur, yielding a general term for someone who performs tracing activities.

In everyday language, penelusur can refer to field researchers who conduct surveys to uncover information about places, histories, or environments; investigators who trace leads in criminology; genealogists who trace lineages; or trackers who follow physical tracks. The act of tracing is expressed with the related noun penelusuran; the person or tool is penelusur.

In modern contexts, penelusur can appear in discussions of technology as a metaphor for software that traces data paths or collects information, though common technical terms such as perayap web or penelusuran data are often preferred. The expression remains widely used in journalism, academia, and public discourse to refer to people who undertake careful tracing of facts or origins.

See also telusur, penelusuran, penyelidik, pelacak.