sleuthing [ˈslu:θɪŋ]

例句:

• In the band's early days, Los Lobos did some amateur musical sleuthing.
  来自NPR
• You can't go sleuthing in a pink trouser suit.
  来自THETIMES
• to do some private sleuthing
  进行私人侦查
  
• I did a little sleuthing to see if I could find any footprints.
  为了看能否找到什么脚印，我做了一番小小的侦察。
  
• Modern sleuthing can overcome some of the most devious destruction.
  现代的侦探工作能化解一些最为狡猾的破坏手段.
  
• I received all the reports of the missing and a big sleuthing operation began.
  来自BBC