This article aims to draw the reader's attention to some practical implications associated with the carrying out of exploratory works under Act No. 416/2009 Coll., on speeding up the construction of transport, water, energy and electronic communications infrastructure, as amended (the "Linear Infrastructure Act"), to evaluate the legal regulation from the point of view of its rationality and proportionality and to contribute to the discussion on the constitutional conformity of the said provision in connection with the proceedings currently pending before the Constitutional Courtof the Czech Republic.