audit trail

noun

: a record of a sequence of events (such as actions performed by a computer) from which a history may be reconstructed

Examples of audit trail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Any process that involves multiple agents, human approvals, long-running state and an audit trail is a good candidate. —Jakob Freund, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Real-time data capture, clinical oversight and clear audit trails can show what care was delivered, when, where, and whether patients are meeting clinical goals. —Havi Nguyen, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026

Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026

Privacy requirements, audit trails, chain-of-custody concerns, and documentation standards increasingly shape the buying decision itself. —William Jones, USA Today, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for audit trail

• abigail
• cottontail
• countervail
• fingernail
• martingale
• mesoscale
• microscale
• monorail
• nanoscale
• ponytail
• swallowtail
• wensleydale