Emoji Meaning

An undercover investigator, wearing a hat, and sometimes using a magnifying glass to closely inspect evidence. This emoji did not originally recommend emoji modifiers, but a proposal was created to address this.

Detective was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 under the name “Sleuth or Spy” and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

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🚩 Previously displayed a gendered appearance. Platforms switched to a gender-inclusive design for this emoji in 2019.