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scratch at

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scratch at something
to scratch something. You shouldn't scratch at a chigger bite because it might get infected. Don't scratch at it!
See also: scratch
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Most people make the mistake of taking the car to the mechanic to see how bad the scratch is but an experience person in the car field will tell you this, if you take your fingernail and go over the scratch at a ninety-degree angle, it will defect wither or not the scratch is setting at the clear coat and color level or if it is grounded into your vehicle.
Discover the Easy Way to Fix a Scratch on Your Car - Spray Paint ... by Eugene Walker / Automotive community
If a cat is declawed, it will still try to scratch at things, even though they have no claws to sharpen.
Why Does My Cat Do Strange Things? by David P Lee / Pets and Animals community
[FIGURE 8 OMITTED] Using the newly constructed light scattering instrument at NIST, optical scattering measurements on a single scratch at various scattering geometries collecting both the specular and nonspecular intensities were conducted.
Metrology for characterizing scratch resistance of polymer coatings by Chang, Shuo-Hung / JCT Research
 
 
 
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