detective work

The act of investigating something. It can be applied to both serious and trivial situations. Nice detective work—I had a feeling Caitlin broke the vase, and now I know for sure. I'm doing my own detective work now, going through security footage to try to see who stole the car.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
FrantiŠKa	-	Czech
Aran (2)	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Atilio	ah-TEEL-yo	Spanish
Verginius	-	Ancient Roman
Dixon	DIK-sən	English
Ji-Hu	jee-hoo	Korean