detective work

English Thesaurus

1. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator (noun.act)

hypernym	:	police investigation, police work,
definition	:	the investigation of criminal activities (noun.act)

derivation	:	sleuth, snoop, spy, stag,
definition	:	watch, observe, or inquire secretly (verb.communication)

derivation	:	detect, discover, find, notice, observe,
definition	:	discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of (verb.perception)

derivation	:	sleuth, snoop, spy, stag,
definition	:	watch, observe, or inquire secretly (verb.communication)

derivation	:	detect, discover, find, notice, observe,
definition	:	discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of (verb.perception)