Words similar to detective

Example sentences for: detective

How can you use “detective” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It's the ex-paramour, not the husband, who hires a detective agency to dog the mysteriously wayward Sarah, and--in one of those ironies that feels delightfully postmodern--it's Maurice himself who ends up being trailed by a Cockney gumshoe, Parkis (an amusingly earnest Ian Hart), when Sarah reinitiates contact.
In this case, Denzel Washington plays a homicide detective named John Hobbes who pays a visit to a killer just before his execution.
In a detective novel: “I bought a Bud light to go with my sandwich and— did some ruminating while I ate.”
Perhaps sensing that Loughrin could use a little time away from the story, the Star hired former New York City police detective Bo Dietl to investigate JonBenet's death.
3. In 1992, the Clinton campaign hired another private detective to intimidate bimbos.