"sleuthing" in the noun sense
1. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
"detection is hard on the feet"
"sleuthing" in the verb sense
1. spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
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