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detectiving

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detectiving¹

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From detective + -ing.

noun

  1. informal, uncountable Detective work; investigation. Basically, Donna was an orphan (and still is -- the retcon of her Paradise Island/Wonder Woman origins does not affect her past before the fire) and she had Dick Grayson (Nightwing) perform some detectiving to find her true parents.

detectiving²

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of detective

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"detectiving." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/detectiving.

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@misc{detectiving_2026,
  title = {detectiving},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/detectiving},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}