INSPECTOR Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

inspector

noun

Definition of inspector

as in detective

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Recent Examples of inspector The district, which plans to send out an inspector, could determine whether wind carrying coal dust stored nearby may be contaminating the sugar. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 Funk was the first female inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration and the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, according to a brief biography released by the City of Grapevine. — ABC News, 9 July 2026 The inspector observed several fly-like insects in the kitchen, salsa at an unsafe temperature and dirty equipment. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026 The inspector spacecraft would carry a sensor combining two types of detectors. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for inspector

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Noun

The case broke open when a Grapevine detective obtained a covert DNA sample from soda bottles in Brown’s trash in Colorado.

— Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026
However, sheriff’s office detectives are investigating the circumstances of his death.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Definition of detective

Noun

According to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, investigators reviewed social media accounts, a website and a billboard in Latin America that advertised maternity packages at South Texas hospitals to foreign nationals.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
In June, federal investigators began approaching her and Newsom’s associates and friends in a wide-ranging probe into her taxes.

— Lia Russell July 17, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of investigator

Noun

So when things go badly inside the opaque world of many private schools, it can be left to parents, police, journalists and amateur sleuths to find and expose wrongdoing.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
Their searching leads them to countless people, from journalists to police officials to a growing team of internet sleuths, who are compassionate and generous with their time.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of sleuth

Noun

The patrolman has not been identified.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Billups-Taylor’s LinkedIn page states that his employment in Winfield ended in February 2026, and he is currently employed as a part-time patrolman with the Ogden Dunes Police Department and as a senior investigator with Veracity IIR, a security firm headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.

— Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026

Definition of patrolman

Noun

No video has surfaced depicting the moment of the shooting and none of the officers were wearing body cameras.

— Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Hopkinson and chief financial officer Simon Capper visited Nyon, Switzerland, on multiple occasions, while the CEO also spoke to governing-body representatives in Budapest before the Champions League final in May.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of officer

Noun

Despite the arrests and ejections, the sheriff's office said the event proceeded safely and described the incidents as isolated.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 13 July 2026
The sheriff also criticized California’s treatment of domestic violence under state law, noting it is not classified as a violent felony in many cases despite the severity of the crimes.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026

Definition of sheriff

Noun

Set between the 1950s and ’80s, the film tells the story of four male friends whose lives are shattered by the arrival of a policeman and his wife in their small working-class town.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
Bernthal played the real-life Baltimore policeman Wayne Jenkins, who led a crew of officers who shook down people for cash and drugs.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 July 2026

Definition of policeman

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