She started 'making noises''about' running for office. [=she started saying things that showed she was thinking about running for office]
Politicians are 'making (all) the right noises' about improving the schools, but they don't want to spend any money to do it.
Congress has been 'making' (a lot of) 'noise' about lowering taxes, but no one expects it to happen.
(..) I'll watch what I want to watch. Is that true? Is that why you have music in your head all the time? Drown out the noise? Yeah. It keeps me moving. It's an escape. I get it. Hey, Buddy, you seen a violin? I had a violin here. (..)2017 Baby Driver