Investigator



Private Investigator is a career introduced in the Sims 3 expansion pack: The Sims 3: Ambitions.

Unique among the possible careers, Investigators work freelance, having no set time or location to work. Instead, they acquire cases either by going to the police station, researching cases on a computer, or waiting for clients to call them.

Cases are solved by rummaging through mail and garbage, snooping for clues at various locations, dusting for prints, and - most importantly - talking with other Sims. However, occasionally problems in the investigation will arise. For example, it may be necessary for an investigator to pick locks in order to get inside homes to search for clues and sometimes other Sims will need to be convinced to talk, either by being befriended, being bribed, or simply by being beaten up by the investigator.

Less ethical investigators (even by investigator standards) can steal objects from locations as being "evidence," much like Sims with the Kleptomaniac trait. They can also use evidence found in mailboxes and garbage cans to blackmail Sims.

Finally, an investigator can also go to the police station to do "low level police work" for hourly pay, with options similar to a standard career (work hard, meet coworkers, etc).