Sleuth Vocab

The fact of having been elsewhere when a crime in question was committed is called having a ?

• Clue
• Red Herring
• Alibi
• Witness

Something that appears to give information

• Witness
• Clue
• Evidence
• Alibi

To examine in detail in order to discover meaning

• Analyze
• Forensic
• Motive
• Deduction

Relating to the use of scientific knowledge or methods in solving crimes

• Motive
• Sleuth
• Deduction
• Forensic

Collecting facts and drawing a conclusion

• Deduction
• Evidence
• Motive
• Analyze

Something that causes a person to act

• Sleuth
• Red Herring
• Alibi
• Motive

Proof that shows something exists or is true

• Clue
• Evidence
• Motive
• Motive

Person who has personal knowledge of a situation

• Alibi
• Sleuth
• Red Herring
• Witness

An investigator or detective

• Sleuth
• Red Herring
• Alibi
• Witness

A false lead that throws the sleuth off track

• Forensic
• Deduction
• Red Herring
• Evidence