sleuth
/slo͞oTH/
noun
a person who investigates crimes; a detective.
synonyms: private detective, detective, private investigator, investigator, enquiry agent, private eye, PI, snoop, sleuth-hound, private dick, dick, peeper, shamus, gumshoe, hawkshaw, sherlock, Pinkerton
verb
carry out a careful investigation into a crime or mystery.
"there's nothing you can do but sleuth around until you find the answer"
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Sleuth
PG · 1972 ‧ Thriller/Mystery ‧ 2h 18m
8/10 · IMDb
89% · Rotten Tomatoes
Based on the renowned play by Anthony Shaffer, this mystery finds Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier), a wealthy author of detective novels and game aficionado, facing off against his wife's lover, Milo Tindle (Michael Caine), a middle-class hair...
Release date: December 10, 1972 (USA)
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Story by: Anthony Shaffer
Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer and Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
Adapted from: Sleuth
In Middle English the word sleuth meant "the track or trail left by an animal or person." After the 15th century sleuth was seldom used except in such words as ...