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coleopterist
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Is there a verb that more or less means "to piece together clues"? I'm looking for something like "*"detectivize," which, unfortunately, isn't a word.

The closest I came up with is "investigate," but this is far from my intended meaning.

Is there a verb that more or less means "to piece together clues"? I'm looking for something like "*detectivize," which, unfortunately, isn't a word.

The closest I came up with is "investigate," but this is far from my intended meaning.

Is there a verb that more or less means "to piece together clues"? I'm looking for something like "detectivize," which, unfortunately, isn't a word.

The closest I came up with is "investigate," but this is far from my intended meaning.

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Is there there some sort ofa verb out there that more or less means "to piece together clues""to piece together clues"? I'm literally looking for something like "detectivize" (which"*detectivize," which, unfortunately, isn't a word).

The best wordclosest I can comecame up with is "investigate"investigate," but this is far from my intended meaning.

Is there there some sort of verb out there that more or less means "to piece together clues"? I'm literally looking for something like "detectivize" (which, unfortunately, isn't a word).

The best word I can come up with is "investigate," but this is far from my intended meaning.

Is there a verb that more or less means "to piece together clues"? I'm looking for something like "*detectivize," which, unfortunately, isn't a word.

The closest I came up with is "investigate," but this is far from my intended meaning.

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Verb for "piece together clues"?

Is there there some sort of verb out there that more or less means "to piece together clues"? I'm literally looking for something like "detectivize" (which, unfortunately, isn't a word).

The best word I can come up with is "investigate," but this is far from my intended meaning.