wild goose chase
/ˌwīl(d) ˈɡo͞os ˌCHās/
noun
a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.
"physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase"
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a search that is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time because the person or thing being searched for does not exist or is somewhere else:.