He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without ever crossing the line into the supernatural.

We will show you some startling figures and elucidate some of the hidden motivations behind the scenes.

Frankly, their knee-jerk reaction is highly suspect and suggests hidden motivations.

But that was hardly a hidden motivation, not the un-self-aware kind that got you into deep trouble and you didn't know why.

They felt that warfare always had a hidden economic motivation.

He suggested that a hidden motivation for the war was securing access to oil.

He didn't search for hidden motivations, either in himself or in others, because he had never really believed that they mattered.

I'm beginning to see hidden motivations in everything, he thought.

There is no hidden motivation behind the account.

He has a fondness for hidden motivations that surfaces during the worst times.