telltale signs
- cluesHints toward answers
- hintsIndirect suggestions
- giveawayFree item or betraying clue
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- symptomsIndicators of disease
red flags · warning signs · indicators · traces · signals · marks · footprints · fingerprints · smoking gun · breadcrumbs · reveals · betrays · unmistakable · obvious · subtle · suspicious · detective · patterns
- Deception Cluesred flags, warning signs, shifty eyes, stammering, fidgeting
- signsstop sign, sign, signs, road sign, exit
evidentiary clarity
telltale signsred herrings
Misleading clues or information
mixed messages · circumstantial evidence · smoke and mirrors · disinformation · cover story
concealment/revelation
telltale signscover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
camouflage · disguise · smokescreen · red herrings · misdirection