Usually means: Linking clues to reveal patterns.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word connect the dots:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. connect-the-dots, connect the dots: Merriam-Webster
  2. connect the dots: Wiktionary
  3. Connect the Dots (MisterWives album), Connect the Dots (song), Connect-the-dots, Connect the dots (disambiguation), Connect the dots: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. connect the dots: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. connect the dots: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Connect the Dots: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (connect the dots)

verb:  (literally) To attempt to complete a puzzle in which dots on a paper must be connected in a specific order so that the joining lines form a picture.
verb:  (by extension, idiomatic) To make connections in one's mind, in order to arrive at a more holistic understanding of a situation.

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