A man in a hat and overcoat, the classic picture of a private eye or spy.
It suits mystery novels, crime shows and escape rooms. Friends use it for a man who gets suspicious, asks too many questions, or finds the receipt that proves a point. Pair with ๐ or ๐ค for a theory taking shape.
Facts
Man detective ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ is an emoji in the people and body category, under person role. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016. It is a sequence that joins ๐ต๏ธ detective and โ๏ธ male sign. Devices that do not know the sequence show those emoji side by side. It comes in five skin tones, from light to dark. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :male_detective: or :man_detective:. People also look for it with words like โdetectiveโ, โmanโ, โsleuthโ, or โspyโ.