Mystery Terms Quiz

a guess or feeling not based on known facts

an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime

a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries

something - such as a witness, statement or object - that is used as proof in a crime

to ask questions aggressively, closely or formally

an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime

an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way

collecting the facts and drawing a possible conclusion

an investigator or detective

a false lead that throws the investigator off track