Collocations for creep - verb

quietly, silently
slowly
stealthily
carefully, cautiously
about (esp. BrE), around, away, back, forward, in, out, up
I could hear someone creeping around downstairs.
He crept up behind me.

along
He crept stealthily along the corridor.

down
into (figurative)
Suspicion crept into her voice.

over (figurative)
A feeling of dread crept over him.

out of
up on
The cat quietly crept up on the pigeon.
Fatigue was creeping up on her. (figurative)

Creep is used with these nouns as the subject:
blush, cat, flesh, flush, grin, hand, ivy, note, shadow, smile