Saved Searches: Global News Monitoring

When you create an analysis, Hinsley automatically generates a set of search queries tailored to your research question and runs them on a weekly basis. Saved Searches let you supplement this automated monitoring with your own targeted queries—tracking specific domains, running custom Google searches, or monitoring Google News for particular topics.

How It Works

Each saved search runs automatically every week (on Wednesdays). When new results come in, Hinsley evaluates them for relevance to your analysis topic, discarding results that are not relevant and surfacing those that are. Results appear in the Search Results tab, and you can opt to receive email notifications summarizing what was found.

You can also trigger any saved search manually at any time by clicking the gear icon on the search and selecting "Check for New Results."

Search Types

Google Web Search

Runs a custom search query against Google’s general web index. This is useful for tracking broad topics or finding content across a variety of sources. You can optionally filter results by language and country of origin.

Google News Search

Runs a query through Google News, returning recent news articles that match your keywords. This is especially useful for fast-moving topics where timely news coverage matters.

Search a Specific URL/Domain

Monitors a particular website for new content matching your keywords. For example, you could monitor a think tank’s website, a government agency’s press releases, or a competitor’s blog for new publications relevant to your analysis.

Creating a Saved Search

Navigate to the Saved Searches tab in the left sidebar and click New Search. Select the search type, enter your keywords, and configure any optional filters. Each search type includes:

  • Keywords (required) — The terms Hinsley will use to search.
  • Exclude keywords (optional) — Terms to filter out of results, useful for narrowing noisy queries.

Google Web Search also supports language and country filters, while Domain Monitoring requires a target URL.

Working with Search Results

Results from your saved searches appear in the Search Results tab, organized into three sections:

  • Recent Results — Results from the last 7 days.
  • Stale Results — Older results that have not been saved or archived.
  • Archived — Results you have dismissed.

You can filter results by source, domain, date range, and relevance level. For any result that is particularly valuable, click the save icon to promote it to Source Material, giving it higher priority across your analysis.

Email Notifications

Each user on an analysis can choose to receive email notifications when new search results are found. The notification email includes a summary of new results, any changes in scenario likelihoods, and an AI-generated research update. You can toggle notifications on or off from the Search Results tab, and set your preferred frequency to weekly.

Limits

The number of saved searches you can create per analysis depends on your subscription plan. If you reach your limit, you can delete an existing search or upgrade your plan to add more.