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Case File & Investigation Titles

  • The Case of the Broken Alibi Valve

  • Clocked Before the Crime

  • A Matter of Time—and Gears

  • Pressure Makes Liars Leak

  • The Truth Slipped a Cog

  • Steam Don’t Lie, People Do

  • A Case of Faulty Timing

  • The Alibi That Wouldn’t Tick

  • Murder on the Mainline

  • The Case That Lost Its Bearings

  • Dead on the Timecard

  • The Crime That Ran on Schedule

  • Evidence Under Pressure

  • The Clock Was the Only Witness

  • Time Served, Truth Pending

⚙️ Steam / Machine Wordplay

  • Under Pressure to Confess

  • Boilerplate Lies

  • The Steam Was Framed

  • Pressure Points of Interest

  • A Leak in the Storyline

  • Truth Came Out the Exhaust

  • Running Out of Steam—and Patience

  • Engineered for Murder

  • The Case Overheated

  • When the Pistons Stop Talking

  • A Loose Valve Sinks the Ship

  • Mechanical Motive

  • The Boiler Knows

  • Steamrolled Testimony

  • Sabotage by Design

🕰 Clock / Time Noir Puns

  • Clocked at the Scene

  • Time Was the Murder Weapon

  • The Clock Struck Guilty

  • A Second Too Late

  • Time Doesn’t Heal—It Hides

  • Running Down the Hours

  • The Case Tick-Tick-Boomed

  • Out of Time, Out of Alibis

  • The Longest Minute

  • Time Was Tampered With

  • The Crime Was Right on Time

  • No Time to Be Innocent

  • A Wound That Never Closed

  • When Time Refused to Testify

🌫 Noir-Style Grit & Mood

  • Smoke, Lies, and Brass Knuckles

  • The City Breathes in Secrets

  • Everyone’s Dirty—Just Different Grades

  • Guilt Sticks Like Soot

  • The Truth Smelled Like Oil

  • Shadows Don’t Cooperate

  • Brass Faces, Rotten Guts

  • The City Grinds Everyone Down

  • The Alley Knows Your Name

  • Another Night, Another Body

  • Inked in Black, Signed in Blood

  • This Town Runs on Corruption

  • Nobody Walks Away Clean

🧾 Legal / Authority / Bureaucracy Puns

  • Case Closed Pending Approval

  • Justice Moves at Industrial Speed

  • The Paperwork Was Guilty

  • Arrested by Procedure

  • Signed, Sealed, Suppressed

  • Due Process Failed Inspection

  • Filed Under “Unfortunate”

  • The Warrant Was Backdated

  • Lawful, But Not Right

  • Jurisdiction of the Damned

  • Guilty by Association Clause

  • Cleared by Committee

  • Red Tape Is Still a Noose

  • Verdict Pending Lubrication

🧠 Interrogation & Detective One-Liners

  • “Talk, or I tighten the bolts.”

  • “Pressure breaks everyone.”

  • “I don’t need the truth—just the leak.”

  • “Machines fail. People fail louder.”

  • “The city already knows. I just confirm it.”

  • “Confess now or rust later.”

  • “Your story’s skipping teeth.”

  • “That alibi doesn’t mesh.”

  • “You’re wound too tight to be innocent.”

  • “I’ve heard better lies from engines.”

🩸 Crime, Murder & Consequence

  • Built to Kill

  • Manufactured Death

  • Industrial-Grade Murder

  • The Body Was Still Warm—The Gears Still Turning

  • A Clean Kill, Poor Maintenance

  • Death by Negligence (Intentional)

  • Murder Was the Only Efficient Solution

  • A Corpse in Good Working Order

  • The Machine Demanded a Body

  • Someone Pulled the Wrong Lever

📰 Headlines & Street Rumors

  • CLOCKWORK KILLER STRIKES AGAIN

  • PRESSURE SPIKES IN LOWER DISTRICT

  • UNION DENIES EVERYTHING

  • BODY FOUND NEAR MAIN BOILER

  • TIME OF DEATH “UNDER REVIEW”

  • CITY OFFICIALS CLAIM MALFUNCTION

  • EVIDENCE LOST IN STEAM INCIDENT

  • ANOTHER CASE DISAPPEARS

🏭 District / Quest Name Puns

  • Boilerplate Justice

  • Smog & Mirrors

  • The Valve District Murders

  • Pressure Row

  • Gutterclock Precinct

  • Brass Alley Blues

  • The Last Shift

  • Dead Time Ward

  • The Sootline

  • The Final Inspection