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.
(..) Yeah, well why do you think I'm hiding out here? Come on up. Nice out here, huh? Yeah, it's a nice view. Away from the noise. You know, I was just thinking about you. You approach language like a mathematician. You know that, right? I won't take that as a compliment. (..)2016 Arrival