How to get Finder 'search results' to identify the *folder* the search hits are in?

There are two ways to show a path:

1. Under the View menu in the finder there should be something that says Show Path. Show Path puts a bar at the bottom of the Finder window that, when you click on a file in your search results, will show the path to the file. Hover over each folder to see the folder names if the path is too long to fit in the window.
2. Another option is to Get Info on the file in question (command + i), which will show its path under General: Where, in the Get Info window.

Hope this helps.

Best to use another tool...

I'd get EasyFind...

https://www.devontechnologies.com/support/download?id=download

Agreed, what BDAqua said. That was going to be my next suggestion as well. Obviously I didn't quite get what the OP was after. I use EasyFind occasionally when I need to do a "power" search.