How to Use private investigator in a Sentence
private investigator
noun- She hired a private investigator to follow her husband.
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As the body count piles up, the cracks in their plan emerge, while a private investigator and the police close in on them.
— Laura Zornosa, Time, 7 July 2023 -
The series revives the more than two-year-old case through the eyes of a new private investigator.
— Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 6 Oct. 2021 -
The lawyers hired a private investigator to help look for the student.
— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022 -
The city hired the legal firm Isaac Wiles to represent it in the shul matter, and the firm hired the private investigator to conduct the count.
— cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021 -
The Notre Dame team felt a bit like its spouse had hired a private investigator to catch it cheating.
— Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2021 -
Her partner-in-crime on the show, Brit Prawat, used to be a private investigator.
— Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2021 -
Rose tries to hire a private investigator to track him down, but she's got no money and no leads on a job.
— Alex Raiman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022 -
And as time went on, the tribe would hire private investigators to look into it.
— Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023 -
Nicolas Cage stars in this neo-noir about a private investigator who delves into the world of snuff films.
— Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2022 -
Robert gets from a girl named Sophie and the fact that a private investigator Alice hires can’t find anything on Robert.
— Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022 -
There was no need to hire a private investigator to dig into Willis’s love life.
— Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Did the Bruins employ a private investigator to vet Miller and his side of the story before he was signed?
— Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022 -
In May 2017, Rong hired a private investigator to stalk her.
— Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 July 2021 -
Howard told me that Pecker had spent thousands of dollars to buy the file from a private investigator.
— Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Swalwell hired a private investigator to track down Brooks and serve the lawsuit.
— Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN, 27 July 2021 -
For the next few weeks, the private investigator went through the motions of shadowing the daughter, supervised by the FBI.
— Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 July 2021 -
The final shot of the series has spawned debate on whether Jonah killed his parents along with the private investigator.
— Charna Flam, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023 -
One of her friends wanted to hire a private investigator but didn’t have enough money.
— Hazlitt, 8 May 2024 -
He is no longer licensed to work as a private investigator.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022 -
Doug hired a private investigator to find out what was going on.
— Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2021 -
Hence the hiring of the private investigator and the story about an off-the-record chat with the Saudis who agreed to take Tesla private in a handshake deal that left no other trace.
— Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023 -
Alden takes classes to become a private investigator, and Birdie may hold the key to solving one of his mysteries.
— Josie Howell | , al, 19 Mar. 2023 -
The Colemans hired a private investigator a few years ago named Jody Ponsell.
— Justin Baxley, ajc, 3 July 2021 -
Cassidy's attorney hired a private investigator, who tracked the man down to Astoria, Queens, and called him on the phone.
— Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 May 2024 -
The private investigator also tried to talk to relatives of Karen, Sharon, and Keith.
— CBS News, 21 May 2022 -
Wanting to take matters into their own hands, the couple decides to hire a private investigator to find out who stole their safe.
— Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 9 Feb. 2022 -
Emma tried to search for her, even hiring a private investigator, but her mother had left few traces.
— Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021 -
The private investigator who was tasked with finding Eggbert discovered that the student was an avid D&D player who would sometimes play the game in the steam tunnels beneath his campus.
— Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2024 -
In Bosch: Legacy, the main character has retired from public service and is now working as a private investigator.
— Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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