SPEAR Investigative Tools

Master Investigative Tool List

Licensed PlatformsSearch EnginesPeople SearchSocial MediaImage & MediaPublic RecordsNews & ArchivesMetadataWebsite & DomainGoogle DorkingConsumer Aggregators

🛡️ Licensed Investigative Platforms (CRA / FCRA Tools)

Core professional systems.

TLOxp

Primary investigative engine; identity, addresses, phones, relatives, assets, vehicles, fraud indicators.

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Checkr

FCRA employment verification, criminal checks, adjudication support.

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SmartMove

FCRA tenant screening: credit, criminal, eviction verification.

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Accurate Background

Employment screening; strong court-research network; investigator-friendly.

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First Advantage

Fast criminal checks; global footprint; strong adjudication tools.

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Sterling

Employment screening; strong identity verification; regulated industries.

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Kentech

Government background investigations; municipal-government cases.

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🔍 Search Engines & Meta-Search Tools

Google Advanced Search

Deep web discovery, cached pages, PDFs, old profiles.

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Bing Search

Alternative indexing; finds social media and cached content Google misses.

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DuckDuckGo

Privacy-focused search; different indexing for OSINT.

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👤 People Search & Identity Tools (Public OSINT)

WhatIsMyName

Username enumeration across hundreds of platforms.

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TruePeopleSearch

Free people search: addresses, phones, relatives.

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FastPeopleSearch

Public directory info: address history, phone numbers.

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Pipl

Deep identity search (paid).

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📱 Social Media OSINT (Public-Only)

Facebook

Public posts, photos, comments, likes.

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Instagram

Public photos, bios, hashtags.

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TikTok

Public videos and profiles.

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LinkedIn

Employment, education, professional history.

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Twitter/X

Public posts, replies, hashtags.

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Social Discovery Corp

Deep social media analysis; public exposure review.

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🖼️ Image & Media OSINT

Google Reverse Image

Detect fake profiles, stolen photos, identity links.

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TinEye

Historical reverse image search.

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PimEyes

Facial similarity search (use only where legally permitted).

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🏛️ Public Records & Government Databases

Virginia Courts Case Search

Criminal, civil, traffic cases.

Tip: search eapps.courts.state.va.us in Bing
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VINELink

Inmate and custody status.

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PACER

Federal civil and criminal cases.

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Spotsylvania Property Records

Real estate ownership and residency verification.

Tip: search spotsylvania.va.us in Bing
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📰 News, Archives & Obituaries

Newspapers.com

Historical news archives.

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Legacy.com

Obituaries and family connections.

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Google News

Current and historical news.

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🧪 Metadata & File Analysis

ExifTool

Extract metadata from images/files.

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Metadata2Go

Quick online metadata extraction.

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🌐 Website & Domain OSINT

Whois Lookup

Domain ownership and business legitimacy.

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Wayback Machine

Archived versions of websites.

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BuiltWith

Website technology stack; fraud detection.

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🔎 Google Dorking (Public-Only)

Google Dork Operators

Publicly indexed files, cached pages, old profiles.

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🧩 Consumer OSINT Aggregators (Legal for OSINT Only)

Not FCRA-compliant. Use only for identity development.

BeenVerified

Identity clues; addresses; phones; emails; relatives.

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TruthFinder

Social media hints; dark-web mentions; identity clues.

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InstantCheckmate

Identity development; relatives; addresses.

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Spokeo

Email-to-identity mapping; phone lookup.

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Intelius

Historical address and phone data.

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