The detective followed his 'quarry' into a nightclub.
an area where workers are 'quarrying' for limestone
The dogs chased their 'quarry'.
(..) They must have caught our scent. Hurry! Come on, Gimli! Three days and nights pursuit. No food. No rest. And no sign of our quarry, but what bare rock can tell. Not idly do the leaves of L'rien fall. They may yet be alive. Less than a day ahead of us. Come. Come, Gimli! We're gaining on them! (..)2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers