Nancy Guthrie's home will be returned to family as search stretches into fourth week, sources say

Law enforcement is preparing to turn Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home back over to her family, sources say, as the search for her is in its fourth week

Law enforcement is preparing to turn Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home back over to her family, sources say, as the search for her is in its fourth week.

Guthrie, 84, the mother of “TODAY” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1.

For weeks her home in the Tucson area has been the center of a flurry of law enforcement activity — including the recovery of DNA evidence. Activity seen Wednesday is related to efforts to turn the home back over the Guthrie family, two federal law enforcement sources told NBC News.

Officials acknowledged that law enforcement no longer sees the need to seal the premises as a crime scene or restrict the family from entering.

It was not immediately clear what the FBI or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department was doing inside the home Wednesday. It did not appear that they were engaged in activities outside the home that were seen on previous visits, which included testing or retracing their steps.