Private Investigations · Hampton Roads · Virginia
Real questions deserve calm, lawful answers.
Confidential investigation, surveillance, locating, relationship matters, custody documentation, personal due diligence, and evidence support for individuals and families across Virginia.
Private Services
Choose the situation closest to yours.
You do not have to diagnose the case yourself. Choose the closest starting point below, or begin with a confidential inquiry when the situation involves more than one concern.
Private Surveillance
Understand what is actually happening.
Discreet observation and activity documentation for a defined objective when facts need to be established through lawful fieldwork.
Relationship & Identity Concerns
When behavior, identity, or activity does not match what you have been told.
Lawful investigation involving relationship concerns, identity questions, dating due diligence, unexplained activity, and other high-trust personal decisions.
Child Custody Documentation
Document patterns that may matter to counsel.
Documentation of exchanges, locations, environments, parenting-time concerns, and repeated observable patterns for attorney review.
Skip Tracing & Locates
Find someone when ordinary searches have failed.
Professional locating for people who moved, changed contact information, stopped responding, or became difficult to verify.
Family & Relative Locates
Locate a missing or estranged family connection.
Careful locate work involving biological relatives, lost siblings, estranged parents, missing family members, and disconnected personal contacts.
Not Sure What You Need?
Start with the situation, not the service.
Share what is happening privately. CVI can help determine whether surveillance, research, locating, documentation, or no action is the appropriate next step.
The first step is determining whether the concern can be lawfully investigated and whether professional involvement would be useful.
More than one concern?
The method can be combined around the actual objective.
A matter may combine surveillance, locating, public-record research, third-party verification, or timeline development. The scope is built around the actual question rather than forcing the matter into one category.
Discuss the SituationOther Situations
Not every concern begins with surveillance.
CVI first determines what can be verified, which lawful method fits the objective, and whether professional investigation is appropriate.
Elder or vulnerable-adult concerns
Observable concerns involving care, household activity, environments, or the conduct of people with access.
Harassment and repeated-pattern documentation
Incidents, unwanted contact, visible activity, screenshots, and behavioral patterns organized into a usable record.
Caregiver or household concerns
Factual review when conduct, routines, access, or explanations involving a household do not add up.
Identity and personal due diligence
Public-record research and verification before a relationship, financial decision, agreement, or other high-trust commitment.
Unexplained third-party activity
Lawful documentation and research when another person, vehicle, location, or pattern may be relevant to the concern.
Personal evidence documentation
Organized photography, video, records, observations, and timelines when details need to be preserved before they change.
How It Works
A calm process for difficult situations.
Private matters are sensitive. The process is kept simple, discreet, and focused on what can be lawfully verified.
Intake
Confidential Conversation
Explain what is happening, what concerns you, what information you already have, and what decision you are trying to make.
Scope
Objective & Boundaries
CVI explains what can and cannot be done lawfully, establishes a defined objective, and recommends a realistic investigative path.
Work
Investigation
The work may involve surveillance, locating, public records, background research, online documentation, verification, or timeline development.
Delivery
Organized Findings
You receive clear findings showing what was observed, what was verified, what was not established, and the available supporting media.
Clear Findings
Understand what was observed, verified, and not established.
Private investigation should reduce uncertainty—not replace it with speculation. Findings are organized so the facts, supporting material, and limitations remain easy to understand.
Document activity at a supplied location during a limited observation period.
A vehicle matching the supplied description arrived at 6:42 p.m. and remained for 37 minutes.
The vehicle registration and documented location matched information supplied during intake.
The identity of a second individual could not be confirmed from the available lawful observation position.
Supporting media: four timestamped photographs and one observation log.
What You Receive
Information you can understand and use.
Documented Observations
Dates, times, locations, activity, and what was directly observed.
Organized Visuals
Available photography, video, screenshots, and supporting records.
Timeline Support
Events and findings arranged so the sequence and patterns are easier to follow.
Plain-Language Findings
A direct explanation of what was verified and where limits remain.
How the Work Is Handled
Discreetly. Lawfully. Without unsupported conclusions.
Questions
Common questions from private clients.
When should I hire a private investigator in Virginia?
Consider professional investigative support when you need documented information about a personal matter and cannot safely, lawfully, or effectively verify the facts yourself. This may include relationship concerns, custody issues, locating, personal due diligence, harassment patterns, family concerns, or surveillance.
What can a private investigator legally do in Virginia?
A licensed investigator may conduct lawful surveillance, public records research, open-source research, skip tracing, field verification, background research, visual documentation, and investigative reporting. An investigator cannot hack accounts, trespass, impersonate law enforcement, access private accounts unlawfully, or use illegal tracking or recording methods.
Can CVI help with infidelity or relationship concerns?
Yes. Depending on the objective, support may include lawful surveillance, public-record research, activity documentation, timeline development, identity verification, or investigative reporting. The purpose is clarity—not embarrassment or revenge.
Can CVI help with child custody concerns?
CVI can document observable activity, locations, exchanges, environments, parenting-time concerns, and repeated patterns that may be useful for attorney review. CVI does not provide legal advice or make conclusions for the court.
Can an investigator find someone who moved or stopped responding?
Locate work may use professional databases, address history, public records, court and property information, open-source research, social media review, contact-path development, and field verification when appropriate.
What should I have ready before contacting CVI?
Bring whatever information you already have: names, photographs, dates, phone numbers, addresses, vehicle information, screenshots, messages, documents, known routines, or a rough timeline. You do not need to have everything perfectly organized before reaching out.
Can CVI help document harassment or stalking concerns?
CVI may be able to help organize and document repeated contact, unwanted approaches, visible activity, screenshots, incidents, or behavioral patterns. When there is immediate danger, contact law enforcement or emergency services before pursuing private investigative support.
Local Coverage
Private investigation across Hampton Roads and Virginia.
CVI is headquartered in Hampton Roads and supports individuals, families, attorneys, and businesses throughout the Commonwealth. Select your area for locally focused service information.
Hampton Roads & Williamsburg
Confidential Inquiry
Need clarity before your next step?
Share the situation privately. CVI can help determine what can be verified, which methods are lawful and realistic, and whether an investigation would be useful.
Your first inquiry is private and does not obligate you to begin an investigation.