Synonyms for detecting
de·tect·ing

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1. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthingnoun

   a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

   "detection is hard on the feet"

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, sleuthing, sensing, detection, signal detection, catching, espial, spotting

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1. List of paraphrases for "detecting":

   detect, detection, discovery, identifying, identify, sensing, discover, screening, discovering

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1. European Council:

   Next week in Strasbourg I will appeal to the European Parliament to speed up work on the EU Passenger Name Record system, which can help in detecting the travel of dangerous people.

2. Robert Robins:

   When we started going out into the field and collecting them and actually finding them in breeding condition or as dominant males, theyre stunningly beautiful, i think thats what the amateur community was keying in on. Theyre the ones detecting life color, and that was really instructive in determining this was a different species.

3. Guido Rettig:

   The carmakers asserted that engine software is a company secret, we unfortunately did not have the legal possibility to look at engine control and installed software. And so, our inspectors had no way of detecting the manipulation in the nitrogen oxide of diesel vehicles.

4. Josh King Madrid:

   Our mind is capable of detecting even the smallest hand and finger movements, and if gestures and motions are employed successfully during an utterance or discussion, they can enhance the transmission of information.”

5. Robin Hallett:

   When Matt and others from Sussex metal detecting club turned up, they said ‘Don’t worry, we’ll find it,’ they were so confident and said they would find it in about an hour. I didn’t believe a word they said.