🕵️ Detective emoji
HTML
🕵
Unicode
U+1F575
What is 🕵️ called?
🕵️ is called the Detective emoji.
Also known as investigator, sleuth, private eye. These are natural descriptions of the depicted role; the official Unicode name is detective.
What does 🕵️ mean?
🕵️ is officially named detective. It represents a person working as a detective, investigator, private investigator, or fictional sleuth, with a hat and magnifying-glass style pose identifying the role.
Use it for investigations, mysteries, clues, fact-checking, research, crime fiction, private detectives, or trying to work something out. It can describe a real job, a team, an appointment, a project, or a playful role in conversation without claiming that everyone in the profession looks alike. Related choices include 🔍 Magnifying glass tilted left and 🕵️ Detective.
Other meanings
It can mean an investigator, sleuth, private eye, inquiry, mystery, clue, evidence, suspicion, research, or careful observation. In figurative use it may praise somebody for applying the practical qualities associated with that work.
Example Usage
Time to follow the clues 🕵️
I am investigating where the typo came from 🕵️
More details
Officially named detective. Its code point is U+1F575. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0. The design represents the person form of this role. Its sequence uses a profession-related component joined to the person, man, or woman base where applicable.
Variants
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Visual description
A neutrally styled figure appears with a coat and brimmed hat, often with the face partly shadowed.
The classic fictional disguise conveys investigation rather than a modern universal detective uniform. Clothing, colours, and the placement of the prop vary between platforms.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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