| Main Entry: | investigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who checks thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |
| Main Entry: | analyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who examines and determines; psychoanalyst |
Synonyms: |
accountant, couch doctor, examiner, guru*, head shrinker, inquisitor, investigator, number cruncher, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, questioner, shrink*, therapist |
| Main Entry: | committee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group working on project |
Synonyms: |
board, bureau, cabinet, chamber, commission, consultants, convocation, council, investigators, jury, panel, representatives, task force, trustees |
| Main Entry: | inspector |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examiner |
Synonyms: |
assessor, auditor, checker, controller, detective, investigator, monitor, overseer, police officer, private eye, reviewer, scrutinizer, sleuth, tester |
| Main Entry: | researcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | research worker |
Synonyms: |
analyst, analyzer, clinician, experimenter, investigator, scientist, tester |
| Main Entry: | sleuth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
Synonyms: |
P.I., agent, bloodhound, cop, dick, eavesdropper, flatfoot, gumshoe, investigator, police officer, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sleuthhound, spy, tail, tracker |
| Main Entry: | spy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who secretly finds out about another's business |
Synonyms: |
agent, detective, double agent, emissary, espionage agent, foreign agent, informer, inside agent, intelligencer, investigator, lookout, mole, observer, operative, patrol, picket, plant*, scout, secret agent, secret service, sleeper, sleuth, snoop, spook, spotter, undercover agent, watcher |
| Main Entry: | examiner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tester |
Synonyms: |
analyst, appraiser, assayer, auditor, checker, inquirer, inquisitor, inspector, interrogator, investigator, prober, proctor, questioner, quizmaster, quizzer, researcher, reviewer, scrutinizer |
| Main Entry: | private detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | private investigator |
Synonyms: |
PI, Sherlock Holmes, beagle, detective, dick, eye, flatfoot, gumshoe, inquiry agent, inspector, investigator, operative, private dick, private eye, skip tracer, sleuth, sleuthhound, spotter, tec |
| Main Entry: | gumshoe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
Synonyms: |
cop, dick, flatfoot, investigator, sleuth, sneaker, tec |