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

To create guardrails around the practice, this new law requires officers to disclose when AI is used and requires agencies to keep first drafts of reports and to maintain an audit trail that identifies who used AI. —Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026

Langley added that Flock has built some guardrails into its technology, including audit trails that show when data was accessed. —Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025

This view is baked into Palantir’s technology itself in the form of an audit trail. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025

Companies can do this by providing features like audit trails and live sandbox views that create a live record for each prompt, turning a potentially opaque flow into something traceable. —William Jones, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025

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