Let $O$ be the center of the circle and $A,B$ be two points on the circle such that $\angle AOB = \theta$. If the circle circumscribes the sector, then the circle must circumscribe $\triangle AOB$.

Draw the perpendicular bisectors of $OA$ and $OB$ and mark the intersection as point $C$, and draw a line from $C$ to $O$. By HL Congruency and CPCTC, $\angle AOC = \angle BOC = \theta /2$.
Let $R$ be the circumradius of the triangle. Using the definition of cosine for right triangles,
$$\cos (\theta /2) = \frac{3}{R}$$
$$R = \frac{3}{\cos (\theta /2)}$$
$$R = 3 \sec (\theta /2)$$
Answer choices A, C, and E are smaller, so they are eliminated. However, as $\theta$ aproaches $90^\circ$, the value $3\sec\theta$ would approach infinity while $3\sec \tfrac12 \theta$ would approach $\tfrac{3\sqrt{2}}{2}$. A super large circle would definitely not be a circumcircle if $\theta$ is close to $90^\circ$, so we can confirm that the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 3 \sec \frac12 \theta}$.