Manny Farber

The Big Sleep' is an unsentimental, surrealist excitement in which most of the men in Hollywood's underworld are murdered and most of the women go for an honest but not unwilling private sleuth (Humphrey Bogart).

American Artist

Charlie Kirk

You don't need a brilliant sleuth like Sherlock Holmes to figure out that the claims of Trump-Russia collusion were false. The bumbling Inspector Clouseau could have figured it out.

American Activist

Lucy Worsley

When I was little, all I really wanted out of my life was to become Nancy Drew. I've always enjoyed fictional sleuths, especially Nancy.

Marcia Muller

Women in mystery fiction were largely confined to little old lady snoops - amateur sleuths - who are nurses, teachers, whatever.

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Diane Mott Davidson

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

Primarily used for someone solving a mystery or crime, not just any investigator.

Detective Context

Often found in mystery or detective fiction, making it a genre-specific term.

Mystery Genre

'Sleuth' usually refers to private detectives, not to police officers or FBI agents.

Not All Professionals

Relates to a collective term for bears, not widely used in everyday language.

Animal Group

This use is uncommon and may confuse those expecting the detective meaning.

Rarely Used

Only used for bears, not for other animal groups or single bears.

Specific to Bears

Conveys a sense of someone proactively seeking information, not casually finding it.

Active Investigation

More common in informal or playful contexts, rather than formal investigations.

Informal Uses

The verb form often describes searching in a detailed or thorough manner.

Figurative Language

 detectives thought it was a weapon others thought it might help attract Timmy but no one knew for sure until this dentist stepped up to solve the case yep Martin louia is a dentist really good sleuths have all sorts of skills like

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 like when a narrator reporting the murder is revealed to be the killer. Outside crime and clues, there’s one more ingredient in Christie’s the detective. Christie created many sleuths,