---
title: "Searching animated icon"
description: "Searching animated icon (Search & discovery). Continuous: a three-quarter arc orbits inside the lens, one turn per cycle in Light and two turns in Strong. Reduced motion shows the still arc."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/searching/
---

# Searching animated icon

Continuous: a three-quarter arc orbits inside the lens, one turn per cycle in Light and two turns in Strong. Reduced motion shows the still arc.

- Id: `searching`
- Category: Search & discovery
- Search terms: search loading, loading results, finding, looking, seeking, querying, fetching results, search in progress, lookup
- One action, back to rest
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/searching.lottie (dotLottie, 4897 bytes, sha256 4e6cc13d91a99bff7078e6327c726e25efae2927d8eb9180a00db50fa1584131)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add searching
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/searching.mjs';

export function SearchingIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/searching.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/searching/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/searching