whydunnit

whydunnit
in British English
or whydunit (;wa;;d;n;t IPA Pronunciation Guide)
NOUN
informal
a novel, film, etc, concerned with the motives of the criminal rather than his or her identity
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The three-part mini-series is more of a 'whydunnit' than a 'whodunnit'.
The Sun (2007)
This is not a whodunnit, it's a whydunnit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This 'whydunnit' is a clever page-turner - and the book everyone's talking about!
The Sun (2015)
The story unfolds as a forensic and detailed whydunnit.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
For most of this first episode, we think we know whodunnit, which leaves the far more absorbing question - whydunnit?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It's not even a whydunnit.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
It's not a crime story in the sense of a traditional whodunnit, but more of a motivational whydunnit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)