The soldier asked one of his comrades, "Do you want to bother searching?"

Joey was too tired and fuzzy-headed to bother searching for linens.

Why bother searching for a way out?

He warns them that they will not be able to find him in his "new home," and should not bother searching.

He needed a pencil and a piece of paper, but did not bother searching for either in his backpack.

He wouldn't bother searching for Ben Cortman that morning; there were too many other things to do.

No one would bother searching this area on foot.

But don't bother searching other sites for much more on that case.

He didn't bother searching for the door to the room.

I expect the stories about her were why nobody bothered searching for her.