incriminating evidence("And you, Corporal, will you please – what are you doing?" "Searching-the-bodies-sir," said Nobby quickly, straightening up. "For incriminating evidence, and that." "In their money pouches?" Nobby thrust his hands behind his back. "You never know, sir," he said.)
breadcrumbs(A series of connected pieces of information or evidence. ‘federal agents stood by in the hope that the trail of breadcrumbs would lead to a Mexican drug cartel' ‘you have to be careful about the digital breadcrumbs that you are leaving behind' VLZ_58); bread crumbs(собираемые по крохам Alla-Matta)
proof; clue; piece of evidence; evidence(в наше время употребляется в основном в литературе, криминалистический термин – вещественное доказательство; information etc. that gives reason for believing something; proof (e.g. in a law case) • Have you enough evidence (of his guilt) to arrest him); witness; material evidence(Taras)