Interesting concept! It took a bit for me to get into the game, but I really like the promise of what you've made so far. I have to agree that the searching was a bit slow, but what made it really fun for me is that I accidentally aggro'd one of the flashlight men patrolling outside. I don't think the guy was supposed to keep shooting at me even when I ran back into the house, but he did! This made it to where I had to plan which places to look since his bullets only went so far.
So as a suggestion, perhaps speed up how long it takes to look inside something and add some guys inside the house that you have to avoid in your search (just to add some tension to the game.)
Or maybe add some kind of puzzle element to the search so the game is more of an escape room.
Regardless of what you do, I hope you continue to develop the game. It was a lot of fun once I got into it and I'd love to see it become a polished game!