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Someone paid to assume everyone is lying until the paperwork proves otherwise.
means A person who systematically gathers facts and evidence to uncover the truth behind a situation, crime, or claim.
from From Latin investigare, 'to track or trace,' built from in- ('into') plus vestigare ('to track, to follow footprints'), itself tied to vestigium, meaning 'footprint' or 'trace' — the same root that gives us 'vestige.' So at its core, an investigator is literally someone following footprints: not inventing a trail, but reading the marks already left behind.
- core skill
- asking the same question four different ways
- real job
- mostly reading records, rarely chasing cars
- etymology
- from Latin vestigare, to track footprints
- golden rule
- follow the money, not the story