66 Movie Quotes about Investigation (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Aug 11, 2026

Memorable quotes about investigation, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 But do not try to leave. Everyone in this household is under suspicion. -Yes, monsieur.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in A Shot in the Dark (1964)

32 Facts, Hercule, facts. Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in A Shot in the Dark (1964)

33 Facts, Hercule. Facts. Behind them lies the whole fabric of deductive truth. Now, Hercule, let us examine these facts.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in A Shot in the Dark (1964)

34 Maria Gambrelli did not kill those four people. -Which four people? -The last four people. Someone else killed those four people. I was with her all the time. And whoever he is, he's the same man who killed the first four people.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in A Shot in the Dark (1964)

35 Gentlemen, we're after Mr. Big, and this double-crossing fink is gonna lead us to him. To find the rat, tail the cat.

Harry Morgan as General Stilton in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

36 But of course, all great detectives have one thing in common. And you know what that is? Instinct. That rare ability to know immediately without having to stop and reason. And in my business, it can easily mean the difference between life and death.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

37 Inspector... -Please, tell me nothing. I prefer to investigate the scene of the crime spontaneously. That way it gives my trained instincts full rein, you know?

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

38 I hope you locate the trouble, monsieur. -Madame, it is my business to locate trouble.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

39 Ah-ha! This case is solved.

Paul Winchell as Tigger in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

40 Who did this? I will give the funny man exactly five seconds to step forward.

Otto Preminger as Colonel Von Scherbach in Stalag 17 (1953)