# Start by a Simple Search

On-chain investigations serve various purposes. You might be a law enforcement officer tracing illicit funds, a compliance officer assessing a user's financial risk, or an investor checking for potential issues with a project. You may also need to investigate a fraudulent transaction to track where your money went. In any case, the analysis always starts with an address or a transaction.

## Open MetaSleuth

Using MetaSleuth requires no preparation. Simply visit our website at metasleuth.io. You don’t even need to register or log in; you’ll find the analysis entry point right away—just a simple input box.

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You can enter an address, transaction hash, or ENS domain name. If you're unsure what to search for, click the search box to see popular addresses and choose one to start.

## Search for an Address

If you enter an address, wait about 1 second for a dropdown box to appear, showing all the chains where the address has been active. Click on the chain you want to analyze to view the fund flows associated with that address.

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For example, if you search for `0x0629b1048298ae9deff0f4100a31967fb3f98962` and select Arbitrum, you can view the fund flow of the Radiant Capital Exploiter on that chain. Note that not all fund transfers will appear on the canvas for readability. To explore what information you can access via the Analyze feature, visit the [Analyze](/user-manual/trace-funds-ways-to-retrieve-transfer-data/analyze.md)

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## Search for a Transaction

If you enter a transaction hash, the dropdown will typically show only one result (assuming the hash is correct). Clicking on it will reveal all the fund flows associated with that transaction. For example, try entering `0x7856552db409fe51e17339ab1e0e1ce9c85d68bf0f4de4c110fc4e372ea02fb1`, which is an attack transaction from the Radiant Capital hack event.

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When you enter a transaction, MetaSleuth will display all asset transfers that occurred within that transaction. In this case, the attacker drained several pools from the project, so you will see funds coming from multiple addresses into the attacker's address.

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```

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