Noun
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Source: WordNetAfter repeated futile attempts to convince first the FBI, and then the author and film director Nora Ephron (who he hoped would make a movie about the case), he contacted a private investigator in New York City. Source: Internet
Although Mori is actually a private investigator with his own agency, the police never intentionally consult him as he stumbles from one crime scene to another. Source: Internet
A private investigator named Arbogast approaches them and confirms that Marion is wanted for stealing the $40,000 from her employer. Source: Internet
As expected, chaos ensues, while the apartment triples in capacity, with a private investigator, Madeleine, Frances’s lone friend, Joan (Susan Coyne), and Malcolm’s ex-fiancée (Imogen Poots) and her new beau arrive to stay in Paris. Source: Internet
Based on the coronavirus's incubation period of up to two weeks, the senior private investigator concluded Ngola did not carry the virus across the border but rather was infected in New Brunswick by either a patient or a colleague. Source: Internet
Although Daniel wants Molly to stay out of trouble and focus on redecorating their house, the intrepid former private investigator can't stay out of such an intriguing case, despite her injuries. Source: Internet