detective agency
Private investigation business
A detective agency is a business that conducts private investigations for clients.
Services typically include surveillance, background checks, locating missing persons, and gathering evidence for legal cases.
She hired a detective agency to find her birth parents.
The people who work there are called private investigators or private detectives.
- private investigatorHired non-police detective
- skip tracingLocating absconded individuals
- background checksInvestigation of someone's past
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
- case fileDocuments about one matter
evidence gathering · gumshoe · Sam Spade · camera equipment · privacy laws · surveillance · fraud investigation · private eye · stakeout · cold case · professional standards · asset recovery · court testimony · process server · licensing requirements · ethical guidelines · confidentiality agreement · forensic analysis
- agenciesOgilvy, FDA, McCann, CDC, FCC
- crime fictionmurder mystery, whodunit, crime novel, mystery novels, crime stories
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, crime fiction
- Private InvestigatorsPI, gumshoe, shamus, dick, operative
- mysteryclue, suspect, clues, sleuth, whodunit
- Investigative BodiesFBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA
detective agencycriminal organization
Coordinated unlawful group
crime syndicate · criminal enterprise · the mob · mafia · theft ring
detective agencypolice department
Official law enforcement body
FBI · law enforcement · Scotland Yard · CIA · law enforcement agency