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This tag is for grammar questions, but only if you're not certain what other tag to use. If possible, tag as tense, verb, articles, prepositions, or some other more specific tag or tags instead.

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Had looked or was looking?

"was looking" is the correct answer. Simply due to the presence of the conjunction When which in your example grammatically expects a past tense rather than a past perfect tense. The only situation w …
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