Usage of "detective work"

A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.

Uso de detective work en inglés

It takes months of painstaking detective work to put a case together. 
 The Irish Times 

You have to look serious and mention patient and thorough detective work. 
 Double Dexter 

For the detective work to work, there needs to be complete coverage. 
 Radio NZ 

I must say finding her was a fine piece of detective work. 
 The hunchback assignments 

Erlendur had always found Níels lazy and absolutely unsuited for detective work. 
 The draining lake 

I wear a pair of Dr Marten's shoes for general detective work. 
 Moon Over Soho 

Then she said, 'Even if it's only because you're doing detective work.' 
 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 

How would you know it wasn't an ordinary piece of detective work? 
 The maltese falcon 

But in some ways it was a close cousin of detective work. 
 The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing... 

What remained was detective work and assembling the pieces for a prosecution. 
 Break No Bones 

In detective work it is usually irritating to have one's theories disproved. 
 Mrs. Red Pepper 

I thought I'd do a little detective work on my own account. 
 Gold of the Gods 

By some skillful detective work, I secured incontestible evidence of his guilt. 
 Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel 

Yet she'd done good detective work, maybe even enough to convict. 
 Mission road 

However, I don't understand why you're doing all this detective work. 
 The Complete Rama Omnibus 

There's often a huge amount of detective work involved as well. 
 Radio NZ 

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Detective work a través del tiempo

Significados de detective work en inglés