private investigator

Example Sentences

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A stable of volunteer digital sleuths supported by a professional private investigator pursue requests from homeless people hoping to renew long broken ties and from family members seeking long-lost relatives.

From Los Angeles Times

But waiting at the cruise terminal as they arrived was a private investigator.

From BBC

He started a private investigator agency with his wife in 2020 while volunteering at a nonprofit to fight the sexual trafficking of children.

From Washington Times

Speaking publicly about the case for the first time, she said the family hired “private investigators, trackers, psychics” in an effort to find the person responsible.

From Seattle Times

He also learned that private investigators specialising in "blagging" medical information by ringing hospitals had also been paid to find out about the birth of his daughter to Tinglan Hong, his former partner.

From BBC