sleuth

He’s both spook and sleuth and Nixon makes a particular kind of hero’s transition, from pure thinker to man of action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Arable farmers may soon be able to stop slugs eating their crops thanks to research by a Shropshire-based university and the work of "slug sleuth" farmers.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Preparations for the event have been conducted in the utmost secrecy, with top reporters from the usually staid New York Times forced to sleuth through local hotels for hints of the guest list.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Wherever the sleuth goes, the scribe is sure to follow—if about five steps behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

In detective stories, when the sleuth revisits the scene of the crime, he nearly always finds a clue that has been overlooked by the ordinary police.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

They’re becoming part-time sleuths, trying to figure out the recipe to replicate their lost chai.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Internet sleuths spotted sets of numbers in posters around the chippy which they worked out to be the map co-ordinates for Celtic's Parkhead stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

So when things go badly inside the opaque world of many private schools, it can be left to parents, police, journalists and amateur sleuths to find and expose wrongdoing.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

For posts beyond the reach of my inbox, there’s a risk in putting that information out there because nefarious sleuths can figure out more than you think.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

You look so nice and interesting and mysterious just on purpose to discourage promising young sleuths like me.

From Lucile Triumphant by Elizabeth M. Duffield