(law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator. / A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

Employed in detecting.

plural of detective

to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

(obsolete) Detected.

Having been noticed.

simple past tense and past participle of detect

That which can be detected, noticeable.

The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.

plural of detection