Mystery Vocabulary

Something that is secret or unknown

• alibi

• mystery

• suspect

• crime

A fact or object that helps solve a crime.

• clue

• mystery

• crime

• suspect

Proof of who committed the crime

• witness

• suspect

• evidence

• alibi

The place where the crime happened

• mystery

• solve

• crime

• scene

A person who is believed to have committed a crime.

• alibi

• suspect

• witness

• detective

An act that is against the law.

• crime

• mystery

• evidence

An excuse that a suspect uses.

• witness

• red herring

• alibi

• crime

Someone who saw the crime being committed.

• mystery

• victim

• suspect

• witness

Someone who investigates a mystery.

• victim

• suspect

• detective

• witness

A false lead.

• clue

• red herring

• mystery

• crime