We present the results of a search for the rare decays $B\to h\nu \overline{\nu }$, where $h$ stands for $K^{+},K_{\mathrm{S}}^0,{K^{*}}^{+},{K^{*}}^0,{\pi }^{+},{\pi }^0,{\rho }^{+}$ and ${\rho }^0$. The results are obtained with $772\times {10}^{6}B\overline{B}$ pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider. We reconstruct one $B$ meson in a semileptonic decay and require a single $h$ meson but nothing else on the signal side. We observe no significant signal and set upper limits on the branching fractions. The limits set on the $B^0\to K_{\mathrm{S}}^0\nu \overline{\nu }$, $B^0\to {K^{*}}^0\nu \overline{\nu }$, $B^{+}\to {\pi }^{+}\nu \overline{\nu }$, $B^0\to {\pi }^0\nu \overline{\nu }$, $B^{+}\to {\rho }^{+}\nu \overline{\nu }$, and $B^0\to {\rho }^0\nu \overline{\nu }$ channels are the world’s most stringent.

• Received 10 February 2017
• Publisher error corrected 1 May 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.091101