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Definitions

private investigator

NOUN

detective employed by private parties

Synonyms

STRONGEST

P.I. inquiry agent private detective private dick private eye private investigator sleuth

STRONG

detective gumshoe investigator

WEAK

Sherlock Holmes agent beagle bird dog bloodhound dick skip tracer sleuthhound snoop spotter

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"You look at profiles on these sites and ask yourself 'is this person real?'. You have to be like a private investigator researching people's profiles before you connect."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The ultraviolent 1991 film was directed by her former husband Renny Harlin and co-starred Samuel L. Jackson as a lowly private investigator.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Our everyman is Ben Reilly — played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, making his live-action television debut — a private investigator who moonlights as the city’s only superhero, the Spider.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Wright later called an allegation of paying a private investigator to "blag" information from Lady Lawrence "absolute nonsense".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The general put him in touch with a private investigator named Peter Kalitka, who’d done contract work for both the DIA and the CIA.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

private investigator

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