detecting
Sensing something hidden
Detecting is finding or noticing something not immediately obvious.
It implies discovery through careful attention, investigation, or specialized means: The test is capable of detecting trace amounts of arsenic.
Detection often involves what's hidden—lies, diseases, crimes, or faint signals: security systems for detecting intruders.
Revealing something hidden
- findingConclusion from investigation
- discoveryAct of finding something
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
exposure · unearthing · noticing · spotting · observation · locating · discerning · perceiving
Private investigator
- inquiryRequest for information
- probeThorough examination or tool
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- examiningInspecting with care
clues · evidence · surveillance · stakeout · undercover · tailing · shadowing · snooping
Urgent warning signal
- warningAlert about danger
- sirenWailing alert device
- notificationFormal notice given
- signalMessage-conveying cue
beacon · buzzer · flashing · horn · caution · trigger · threshold · false positive
Evaluative selection process
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- mammogramBreast tissue X-ray
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- scanBrief visual sweep
test · marker · symptom · anomaly · pathology · imaging · MRI · X-ray
Input-detecting device
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- scannerDevice that reads data
infrared · thermal imaging · motion sensor · Geiger counter · breathalyzer · spectrometer · ultrasound · seismograph
Ridge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- blood spatterDispersed droplets of blood
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
toxicology · crime scene · latent prints · fiber analysis · digital forensics · luminol · chromatography · mass spectrometry
uncovering
Revealing something hidden
- findingConclusion from investigation
- discoveryAct of finding something
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
recognition · exposure · unearthing · noticing · spotting · observation · locating · discerning · perceiving · revealing
sleuth
Private investigator
examining · clues · evidence · surveillance · stakeout · undercover · tailing · shadowing · snooping · tracking
alarm
Urgent warning signal
- warningAlert about danger
- sirenWailing alert device
- notificationFormal notice given
signal · beacon · buzzer · flashing · horn · caution · trigger · threshold · false positive · false negative
screening
Evaluative selection process
scan · test · marker · symptom · anomaly · pathology · imaging · MRI · X-ray · ultrasound
sensor
Input-detecting device
scanner · infrared · thermal imaging · motion sensor · Geiger counter · breathalyzer · spectrometer · ultrasound · seismograph · dosimeter
fingerprints
Ridge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- blood spatterDispersed droplets of blood
ballistics · toxicology · crime scene · latent prints · fiber analysis · digital forensics · luminol · chromatography · mass spectrometry · hair analysis
- observation skillsattention to detail, attention, detail, patterns, focus
- discoveryfind, finding, discovery, discover, finding out
- searchingsearching, rummaging, digging, looking through, finding
- vigilancewatchfulness, vigilant, alertness, watchful, attentiveness
- working animalsherding, gun dog, guarding, pulling, hunting dog
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
detectingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · neglecting · tuning out · dismissing · glossing over
detectinghiding
Staying out of sight
concealing · masking · obscuring · covering up · camouflaging
- private detectiveLicensed investigator for hire
- detective workSystematic inquiry into mysteries
- detective storyNarrative featuring investigation
- detective novelFiction solving a crime
- detective storiesCrime-solving fiction genre
- early detectionFinding something at onset