Looking around is an idiom.
Looking around:
Look around. It describes looking around in a state of uneasiness.
source:
Ming · Feng Menglong's "Yu Shi Ming Yan": "San Qiao'er only wanted her husband to come back because she believed the words of the divinator. At this time, she often walked to the front floor and looked around in the curtain."
Example:
Contradiction "Midnight" 9: "As they walked, they looked around and exchanged a simple word or two from time to time."
words whose meaning is similar:
Look left and right, half hearted, looking east and west.
antonym:
Concentrate, concentrate, keep your eyes fixed, and do not squint.