Thesaurus results for DETECTIVE

detective

noun

as in investigator

a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons the code used by the serial killer in his letters to the police was actually cracked by an amateur detective

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Recent Examples of detective Joseph Kenny, the NYPD's chief of detectives, told reporters Friday that investigators don't know what bus the man may have taken. —

Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2024 City detectives and school police collaborated with the office of District Attorney Paul F. Tucker to identify and charge the teenagers involved, Tucker said in a statement. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 As in most — all? — detective fiction, one case reveals another; suspense springs from never knowing exactly where we’re headed. —

Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024 Like all great shows that make true detectives of the fan community, FROM has grown into one of the most-discussed and puzzled over TV shows out there, with fan theories in abundance. —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for detective