private investigator

Example Sentences

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But her family has spent a fortune on private investigators who say they turned up evidence of a homicide, creating a divide within local enforcement over how to handle the case.

From Los Angeles Times

During the rival’s antitrust trial in 2000, Ellison not only admitted to hiring private investigators to go through Microsoft’s garbage but he also defended his actions, calling the move his “civic duty.”

From Los Angeles Times

Now a private investigator, he is contacted daily by people who believe there has been a miscarriage of justice.

From BBC

In September, a private investigator allegedly hired by the Zambian government visited the morgue and demanded to see the deceased, according to family spokesman Makebi Zulu.

From The Wall Street Journal

Emma Thompson as a private investigator and Ruth Wilson as a woman seeking answers to the apparent disappearance of a child.

From Los Angeles Times