What is the collective noun for detectives?
There doesn't seem to be an "official" collective noun for detectives. Detectives are people, so the traditional collective nouns would be words appropriate to the context, such as a team, a crew, a shift, a group, or a squad.There are many suggested collective nouns for detectives, however. Some have been used in published works, while others have just been suggested by different collective noun advocates:A hunch of detectivesA suspicion of detectivesA case of detectivesAn investigation of detectivesA bergerac of detectives