crime solving
Investigating criminal activity
Crime solving is the process of investigating and resolving criminal cases—identifying perpetrators, gathering evidence, and bringing offenders to justice.
The term appears most often in discussions of detective work, forensic science, and police procedurals: The show features an unconventional approach to crime solving.
DNA technology has revolutionized crime solving.
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- policeCivil law enforcement
- deductionConclusion from premises
- connect the dotsNumbered-point tracing puzzle
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
smoking gun · surveillance · detective · criminal profiling · fingerprint analysis · forensic anthropology · behavioral patterns · prime suspect · whodunit · Hercule Poirot · chain of custody · handwriting analysis · magnifying glass · evidence collection · Dr. Watson · interrogation · bloodstain · DNA profiling
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- crime fictiondetective fiction, murder mystery, detective novels, detective novel, detective
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- mysteryclue, detective, suspect, clues, sleuth
- Mystery GamesCluedo, murder mystery, case files
- Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes, Watson, Baker Street, Moriarty, Mrs. Hudson
crime solvingobstruction of justice
Interfering with legal processes
criminal activity · lawbreaking · evidence tampering · cover-up · aiding and abetting
crime solvingcold case
Unsolved crime, investigation suspended
unsolved mystery · dead end · wrongful conviction · miscarriage of justice