inspector general

noun

: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)

Examples of inspector general in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Timothy Whitehouse, executive director of the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said he was encouraged the inspector general was launching an audit. — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2026

The Pentagon's inspector general has declined to investigate disruptions of Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine, writing in a letter to lawmakers who had requested a probe that his office is not best suited to deliver answers. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

More recently, the authority’s inspector general reported that the authority approved hundreds of thousands of dollars in wasteful travel expenses for four consulting firms. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

The Pentagon inspector general’s office declined a request from US senators to investigate restrictions recently imposed on the Ukraine military’s use of SpaceX’s satellite network. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above