inspectors

noun

plural of inspector
as in investigators

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  1. investigators
  2. detectives
  3. sleuths
  4. officers
  5. sheriffs
  6. policemen
  7. cops
  8. troopers
Noun
  • Since then, investigators have interviewed about 60 witnesses, Ledbetter said, according to the Sun Herald in Mississippi.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of investigators
Noun
  • However, sheriff’s office detectives are investigating the circumstances of his death.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • In 2025, a psychic contacted the police department about Sophie’s case and shared information with detectives at no cost, Liening said.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
Definition of detectives
Noun
  • Even if Rodri's cleats added an extra inch or two, online sleuths point to other comparisons, including with Prince William who met with the president in 2024.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of sleuths
Noun
  • The same may be true for military personnel, law enforcement officers, commercial drivers or others who are subject to strict workplace drug-testing programs.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • For the last three decades, the division has investigated allegations of police misconduct, authority it was granted by Congress after the 1991 beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Department officers.
    — Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of officers
Noun
  • The author argues that sheriffs should not have independent authority over ballots and election procedures, and calls for the state legislature to clarify sheriff powers by amending the constitution to make sheriffs appointed rather than elected, similar to police chiefs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Those sheriffs were featured in a recent Courier Journal investigation that found that one in six Kentucky counties has had a sheriff criminally charged or convicted since 2010.
    — Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Definition of sheriffs
Noun
  • My grand plan was to be one of the policemen in one of the episodes.
    — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
  • Disgruntled, the policemen stormed out of the house.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Definition of policemen
Noun
  • Then Nia fell in love, got dumped, had the cops called on her in a confrontation with her boyfriend—and produced her most heart-stopping work to date.
    — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • Investigators pulled bodycam footage from other cops who had been in the room.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
Definition of cops
Noun
  • The Alaska State Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as belonging to Patrick Orville Dearth, who was reported missing to the Fairbanks Police Department in November 1993, state troopers said.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
  • Towering flames and thick black smoke swallowed a New York State Police cruiser after a chain-reaction crash on a rural highway Tuesday morning, leaving two troopers injured, according to authorities, as dramatic photos captured the fiery aftermath.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of troopers
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