A tense and anxious silence followed as the detective from Interpol examined the letter.

The detective was examining the little spools on which the film was wound.

"That's the way a detective examines a murdered man?"

Now, when the detective examined the chair, he found that one arm rattled.

The detective picked up the revolver from the floor, examined it carefully, and replaced it.

As the detective examined the shoe, several of the crowd pressed forward to look at it.

A detective and a police officer serving as witnesses examined it wearing latex gloves.

The bodies had been removed and now the shrewd detective was examining the evidence.

As detectives examined the ransacked house, he said, they grew more suspicious.

The detectives were examining the gun and were positive that it must be the actual death weapon.