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OSINT for investigative journalism
Verify people, companies, and digital footprints without a stack of OSINT logins.
Newsrooms and freelance investigators use SearchIn to check emails, usernames, domains, and images against multiple OSINT sources in one place. Keep sources reopenable in cases, pay only when you search, and avoid locking budget into unused seats.
Who it's for
Built for journalism work
- Investigative and accountability reporters
- Research desks verifying subjects and shell companies
- Freelance journalists without enterprise OSINT budgets
- Newsroom OSINT specialists building source dossiers
Workflows
Typical workflows
- 01
Subject and alias checks
Search emails, usernames, and names across identity and breach providers to map online footprints before interviews or publication.
- 02
Corporate and domain trails
Pull WHOIS and DNS history for company sites, redirect domains, and related assets with Whoxy, WhoisXML, or SecurityTrails.
- 03
Image and face context
Use Facecheck.id for face matches and Picarta.ai for photo geolocation when verifying visual claims in a story.
- 04
Reopenable research files
Attach searches to a case so editors and collaborators can revisit the same graph weeks later.
Sources
Where to start
Each source has a full page with inputs, coverage, limits, and per-lookup prices.
- OSINT IndustriesPeople, identity, and crypto wallet intelligence across hundreds of online modules.from $0.60 (optional premium +$1.80)
- Predicta SearchReverse email, phone, username, and name lookup across 500+ networks.from $0.50
- WhoxyCurrent WHOIS, ownership history, and reverse WHOIS from Whoxy.from $0.25
- WhoisXMLLast-known WHOIS, reverse WHOIS, and reverse IP from Domain Research Suite.from $0.40
- Hunter.ioFind work emails at a domain, guess a person’s address, and verify deliverability.from $0.10
- Facecheck.idFacial recognition matches from a photo file or public image URL.from $0.50
- Picarta.aiAI photo geolocation — GPS predictions and EXIF context.from $0.50
- GeoSeerAI photo geolocation with ranked locations and visual reasoning.from $0.40
FAQ
OSINT for journalism, answered
Is SearchIn appropriate for newsroom OSINT?
Yes. SearchIn aggregates licensed OSINT providers behind one wallet and UI. Use it for open-source verification workflows; follow your newsroom’s ethics and source-protection policies.
Do we need a seat for every reporter?
No per-seat tax. Top up a personal or team wallet and pay per query. Team wallets help desks share credits without separate vendor accounts.
Can we save work across a long investigation?
Named cases group SearchIn jobs and pivots so research stays reopenable — useful when reporting spans weeks.
What about image-based stories?
Facecheck.id, GeoSeer, and Picarta.ai are available as SearchIn integrations for facial recognition and AI photo geolocation from a file or image URL.
Related
Other teams using OSINTverse
- RoleInvestigative journalistVerify subjects and documents with commercial OSINT on a reporter’s budget.
- IndustryPrivate investigationPeople, breach, domain, and image search without maintaining a dozen OSINT logins.
- RoleOSINT analystEvery provider behind one search — pivots, bulk jobs, and cases that stick.
OSINTverse means OSINT
Everything else on OSINTverse
One account covers search, the case map, the API, and MCP. The free tools, the resources, and the community need no account at all.
- SearchSearchInType one email, username, phone, or domain. See everything connected to it.17 sources behind one search box
- MapGraphInBrowser link analysis your whole team shares, priced per team.$100 once per team, not per seat
- AutomateOSINTOne APIThe same 17 sources in your own tools. One key, one schema.17 sources, one key, one schema
- ConnectOSINTverse MCPLet Claude run the same 17 sources and file results into Cases. You set the daily cap.24 tools for Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor
- Free toolsFree OSINT toolsSherlock, Maigret, Holehe, and more in the browser, plus otinstaller on Linux. No account.9 browser tools and 40 CLI tools
- LearnResourcesCourses, books, ebooks, newsletters, and communities, judged before you pay for one.68 resources and 86 comparisons
- CommunityOSINT CollectiveA free monthly room where people who do OSINT teach what they know. OSINTCon recordings stay open.500 seats a month, 10,000+ OSINTCon attendees
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