- detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
--1 is a kind of police work, police investigation
Derived form: verb sleuth1
- spy, stag, snoop, sleuth - watch, observe, or inquire secretly
--1 is one way to monitor, supervise, ride herd on
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sleuthing1, noun sleuth1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP