barking up the wrong tree

believing the wrong explanation for something He had nothing to do with the robbery - the cops are really barking up the wrong tree this time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Frederico	frə-də-REE-koo	Portuguese
Buck	[bʌk]
Nausikaa	-	Greek Mythology
Varpu	VAHR-poo	Finnish
Abd Al-Wali	-	Arabic
Astarte	əs-TAHR-tee (English)	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek