"detectiving" meaning in English

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          "text": "Basically, Donna was an orphan (and still is -- the retcon of her Paradise Island/Wonder Woman origins does not affect her past before the fire) and she had Dick Grayson (Nightwing) perform some detectiving to find her true parents.",
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          "text": "Angered, Anonymous went into it's^([sic]) usual methods of punishing those who would stop the lulz. A two pronged attack of internet detectiving and full disclosure of DOX, and flooding their sites with requests to the point of unusability.",
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          "ref": "2022 September 4, Greg Parker, “Robbie Robertson Hosts Vince Palamara”, in alt.conspiracy.jfk (Usenet):",
          "text": "Lee County deserves a sheriff who acts for all, not the few, and is not interested in winning votes by violating civil rights. With your background in JFK and Hendrix detectiving, I think you would have a good chance.",
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        "(informal) Detective work; investigation."
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