This emoji channels your inner sleuth: the friend who can connect three screenshots, a blurry reflection, and a tagged location to solve a whole group-chat mystery. It’s perfect for “I’m investigating,” “this is sus,” or “I’ve got receipts” moments—whether you’re peeking at someone’s Insta likes, hunting bugs in code, or piecing together who finished the last slice of pizza. Online, it swings between playful nosiness and full‑on true‑crime energy, often dropped with dramatic flair when the tea is piping hot. It can even be flirty in a cheeky way: “I noticed… everything 👀🕵🏾.”
On Apple/iOS, the detective rocks a dark fedora and a brown trench coat with the collar popped, viewed from a slight 3/4 angle, peering through a bright magnifying glass that covers one eye. The tie is a pop of color (hello, subtle green), the expression is cool and focused, and the overall vibe screams vintage noir poster meets modern meme. With the medium-dark skin tone, the face and hand behind the magnifying glass match that rich shade, making the emoji feel personal and stylized. Think Sherlock and Nancy Drew had a cameo in Knives Out, then joined your group chat to say, “Enhance… enhance.”
It shows up in memes about “doing OSINT,” calling out plot holes, or declaring a vibe check on someone’s story timeline. Drop it sarcastically when the evidence is flimsy (“according to my calculations… nada”), or dramatically when you’ve cracked the case. From workplace Slack sleuthing to TikTok conspiracy threads, this emoji is the stylish emblem of curiosity, receipts, and premium-level nosey parker energy.
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This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 10 update.
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