Synonyms for detective work
de·tec·tive work

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1. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthingnoun

   a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

   "detection is hard on the feet"

   Synonyms:
   spying, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, detection, signal detection, catching, espial, spotting

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1. Bruce Aylward:

   You always hear about disease detective work and that is what Ebola is about now.

2. Peter Salama:

   The detective work of epidemiology will make or break the response to this outbreak.

3. Diana Dragomir:

   There was quite some detective work involved, and the right people were there at the right time.

4. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson:

   The detective work that we have seen in this case is indicative of the work that our detectives do every day in this city.

5. Patrick Major:

   What we get with these readings is a bit of scientific detective work which allows us a glimpse of not just what was happening on the ground but the effects of the bombing at the edge of space.