Fife Council has refused to comment on claims that up to 25 staff accessed confidential social work files on Mikaeel Kular.
There have been reports that the council has begun an internal investigation over fears workers looked at documents about the three-year-old found dead in Fife.
A national newspaper reported that staff were facing possible disciplinary action for looking at the boy’s information without permission during the hunt for the youngster.
A source is quoted as saying: “The social work department is under scrutiny.
“They are trying to look into why so many people accessed his information.
“It might have been nosiness but it is not allowed it is strictly confidential.”
In a statement issued to The Courier, Craig Munro, executive director of Education and Children’s Services, said: “We have a clear internal process for dealing with discipline issues and we don’t comment publicly on the individual circumstances of staff.”
He would not confirm if such an internal process has been launched.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said the force was aware of the allegations and added: “There is no police investigation at this stage.”
Mikaeel’s body was found in woodland in Kirkcaldy in January after a huge police search.
He had been reported missing from his Edinburgh home by his mother, Rosdeep Adekoya, who last month admitted culpable homicide in the case.
The 34-year-old will be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday. Mikaeel was killed just five months after he was returned to his mother by social services.
He had been in foster care twice following concerns for his welfare, including fears he had been left at home alone.
The council announced in July that a cross-agency serious case review had been launched to see if any more could have been done to save Mikaeel’s life.