Indicator of furtive surveillance (5,3)

I believe the answer is:

beady eye

(Other definitions for beady eye that I've seen before include "Keen (but hostile?) watchfulness" , "viewer to be suspicious?" , "Wary observer" , "Attentiveness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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