How to Use private investigator in a Sentence

private investigator

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  • She hired a private investigator to follow her husband.
  • 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 lawyers hired a private investigator to help look for the student.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • He is no longer licensed to work as a private investigator.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
  • 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 private investigator also tried to talk to relatives of Karen, Sharon, and Keith.
    — CBS News, 21 May 2022
  • Some members found, to their great disquiet, that they were being trailed by private investigators hired by their own flesh and blood.
    — Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Grace and Sofia give ‘Wong & Winchester’ a modern twist on what a private investigator is supposed to be.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022
  • About five years ago, Kisa’s fiancé hired a private investigator to look for her father.
    — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The book follows three intriguing private investigators in New York City and the detective who learns more about them.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The couple hired a private investigator and reached out to two former FBI agents for assistance.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In 2020, in an effort to find some peace after Valarie’s death, the family hired a private investigator.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The private investigator, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
    — Andy Rose, CNN, 3 June 2022
  • Virginia Braden, a private investigator who has been examining the case pro bono, said she was struck by how many people with some connection to the case were still around.
    — Shaila Dewan Madeleine Hordinski, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Illich quickly hired a private investigator who proved what the lawyer already knew: A brothel was operating in the short-term rental.
    — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Miller was vindicated for the second time in November after the school board hired a private investigator to look into the false claims.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The Sentinel reported that, at the time, Anthony was not licensed as a private investigator in the state of Florida.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Jarvis Claiborne, who works in the oil and gas industry and Renada, a private investigator, decided to walk away from their home search in June, as mortgage rates climbed above 6%.
    — Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 13 July 2022
  • Mercy now works as a private investigator, with Elvis’ assistance, of course, and woman and dog are rebuilding their lives.
    — Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2022
  • Gomez later told the Republic that the family had reunited with Day after paying the man who turned out to be a private investigator.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • He has also been licensed as a private investigator for 35 years.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022
  • Musk hired a private investigator, to the tune of fifty thousand dollars, to explore whether Unsworth, a Brit who had lived part-time in Thailand for years, had a troubled history with underage girls.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023

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