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

The lawyer hires the sleuth on the assumption that he’ll work with discretion: “I don’t want someone who’s going to be too aggressive and start turning over too many rocks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

"There are some similarities between me and my main character but she's much grumpier than me. I'd make a useless sleuth," said Perry.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Declared books are flagged for all users to see, alerting every book sleuth to the hidden book that is now worth double points.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

It worked for Carr, who was considered to be less of a threat and more out of his depth by the other sleuths.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Early Tuesday, internet sleuths started circulating their takes on the provenance of the Druckenmiller piece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Internet would-be sleuths have popped up in Zach’s comments on social media this week, probing Brian’s behavior and previous conduct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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

Sometimes he'd have a white beard an' agin a black moustache, but dem fly cops, dem198 gum-shoe sleuths, dey knowed him every time.

From Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son by Howard R. Garis