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
Reina (2)	-	Yiddish
Keren-Happuch	KER-ən HAP-ook (English)	Biblical
Diarmad	-	Scottish
Klaudijs	-	Latvian
Marijan	-	Croatian, Slovene
Ashkettle	['æʃketl]