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sleuth

  [slooth]
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–noun
1. a detective.
2. a bloodhound.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to track or trail, as a detective.
Origin:
1875–80; short for sleuthhound

Related forms:
sleuthlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

sleuth 
c.1200, "track or trail of a person," from O.N. sloð "trail," of uncertain origin. Meaning "detective" is 1872, shortening of sleuthhound "keen investigator" (1849), a figurative use of a word for a kind of bloodhound that dates back to 1375. The verb (intrans.) meaning "to act as a detective, investigate" is recorded from 1912.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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