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116 entries under noun topic. ×
| investigator(person, plant, investigate, agent) | |
| spy(verb, person, information, plant) | |
| gumshoe(law, force, slang, investigate) | |
| tec | |
| sleuth(information, plant, watch, investigate) | |
| private eye(expression, idiom, agent, gumshoe) | |
| snoop(person, plant, agent, operative) | |
| police detective(expression, idiom) | |
| police officer(expression, idiom, officer, investigator) | |
| scout(verb, person, plant, watch) | |
| Hawkshaw | |
| constable(law, person, force, bear) | |
| private investigator(expression, idiom, investigator) | |
| cop(law, person, force, bear) | |
| eye(informal, investigate, investigator) | |
| dick(slang, investigate, investigator) | |
| agent(plant, shadow, operative, mole) | |
| inspector(agent, hound, police, gumshoe) | |
| policeman | |
| private detective(expression, idiom, agent, private) |
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