Assume $a \in \mathbb{R}$ and $s \in \mathbb{C}$.
Numerical evidence suggests that all complex zeros, except for a finite few outside the strip, of:
$$\zeta(a+s)\pm \zeta(a+1-s)$$
lie on the line $\Re(s)=\frac12$ for $a \le 0$. When $a=0$ the problem reduces to this question (including the RH).
This question shows that it can be proven unconditionally that all complex zeros, except a finite few, of:
$$\zeta(a+s) \pm \zeta(a-s)$$
lie on the line $\Re(s)=0$ for $a\le 0$.
These two appear to be quite similar despite their difference only being $1$. I also did experiment with $\zeta(a+s)\pm \zeta(a+x-s)$ and the conjecture seems to hold for all $x \le 1$ with zeros lying on the line $\frac{x}{2}$.
Questions:
1) Is there any (known) counter example for the conjecture about the critical line?
2) I guess that the unconditional proof for the line $\Re(s)=0$ can not be easily applied to the conjecture about the critical line $\Re(s)=\frac12$, however I would be keen to understand why it would fail.
Thanks.
Addition:
Below are two graphs of the zeros at $s=\frac12 + y\,i$ for respectively $\zeta(a+s) + \zeta(a+1-s)$ and $\zeta(a+s) - \zeta(a+1-s)$. The $a$ varies in steps of $0.01$ from $-2$ till $+0.2$. The imaginary parts of any zeros lying off the critical line for $a>0$ are suppressed. Note that the distribution of the imaginary parts tends to becomes more and more regular when we move further towards the left.