This is a list of fictional female investigators from novels, short stories, radio, television, films and video games.

• Molly Morganthau Babbits is an amateur detective who picks up clues in her job as switchboard operator (The Girl at Central, 1915) and subsequently occasionally works as an undercover private eye for a team of lawyers in books by Geraldine Bonner.…

• Chamki Detective is Chamki's alter ego from Galli Galli Sim Sim, India's version of Sesame Street. As Chamki Detective, she loves to find and solve interesting mysteries on the Galli.
• Christine Cagney portrayed by (Sharon Gless) is a New York City police …

• Daisy Dalrymple is a journalist, married to a Detective Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, in a historical mystery series commenced 1994 by Carola Dunn.
• Jean and Louise Dana, The Dana Girls, are adventurous orphaned sisters living in a …

• Alexandra Eames portrayed by (Kathryn Erbe) is a New York City police detective, later promoted to Lieutenant on the NBC/USA series Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001–2010. She reprised her role for a 2 episode arc on the NBC series, Law & Ord…

• Doran Fairweather is an antique dealer and amateur detective in a series of books by English novelist Mollie Hardwick (debuted 1986).
• Nola Falacci portrayed by (Alicia Witt) is a New York City police detective in the Major Crimes Bureau on the USA series L…