Run reverse image and metadata checks to validate authenticity.
Check reverse-image matches first, then inspect metadata, context, and geolocation clues before drawing conclusions.
Use this page as a working sequence, not just a list. Start broad, preserve volatile evidence, and corroborate before reporting.
Record target values, search terms, timestamps, and the first source that produced each lead.
Move from identifiers to related accounts, infrastructure, images, archives, or records only when the link is explainable.
Save screenshots, archive URLs, and keep original source links before pages change or accounts disappear.
Avoid single-source conclusions. Confirm important claims with independent tools, dates, and source types.
Start with the fastest visual-verification tools to determine whether the image is reused, altered, or already known.
AI-content detection platform for images, text, music, video, deepfakes, and identity verification workflows.
SauceNAO performs reverse image search to locate matching or related images, supporting media attribution and verification. This resource supports visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification.
Online metadata utility that uses ExifTool to extract file metadata and headers from uploaded files or remote URLs.
Then move into metadata, frame, and location tools to validate origin, timing, and authenticity.
TinEye is a reverse image search engine used to trace image reuse, source context, and potential manipulation. This resource supports visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification.
Exif Viewer provides capabilities for visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification. A command-line application and Perl library for reading and writing EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, makernotes and other meta information.
Foto Forensics provides capabilities for visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification. FotoForensics provides tools and training for digital picture analysis, including error level analysis, metadata, and.
Photo location provides capabilities for visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification. Picarta predicts where a photo has been taken in the world using Artificial Intelligence.
Whereisthepicture provides capabilities for visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification. Sube una foto a Where is the picture? para descubrir su ubicación con GPS o análisis de IA.
Image Compare provides capabilities for visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification. Compare images (jpg, png, webp, gif, heic, etc.) to find differences with Diffchecker online for free! Use our desktop app.
Image Wayback provides capabilities for geospatial analysis, map verification, and location intelligence. Wayback imagery is a digital archive of the World Imagery basemap, enabling users to access different versions of World.
Use supporting tools when you need corroboration from archived copies, visual comparison, or platform-specific context.
Face Search is an OSINT resource for visual verification and media forensics. It supports visual forensics, reverse image search, and media verification.
Before turning this workflow into a finding, make the chain of reasoning easy to audit.
Quote or summarize the source output and keep the original URL.
Record collection time, page timestamps, and archive timestamps separately.
State the investigative relevance and whether it is direct evidence or a lead.
List independent corroboration and note any uncertainty or gaps.