inspector general
nounDefinition of inspector general
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
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The incident is being investigated by the FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general's office, which are attempting to determine what happened and how to assess whether any policies were violated or crimes committed. — al, "Some Jeffrey Epstein prison camera footage is unusable," 27 Aug. 2019 An inspector general’s report on Mr. Comey’s memos is due soon. — Adam Goldman, New York Times, "Prosecutors Near Decision on Whether to Seek an Andrew McCabe Indictment," 26 Aug. 2019 An inspector general’s report published later that year said sensitive information had been housed on the BioWatch portal since 2007 and was vulnerable to hackers. — Los Angeles Times, "It was sensitive data from a U.S. anti-terror program – and terrorists could have gotten to it for years, records show," 25 Aug. 2019 Since the end of September 2017, the last month of the period covered by the inspector general's report, there have been many leadership changes within the VA, including three different directors of the office that processes emergency claims. — NBC News, "VA wrongfully denied $53 million in veterans' medical claims in one 6-month period, says report," 16 Aug. 2019 McCabe has denied any wrongdoing, and has said the inspector general's conclusions relied on mischaracterizations and omissions, including of information favorable to McCabe. — Eric Tucker, Fortune, "Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Sues Over His Firing," 8 Aug. 2019 Indiana Democratic Party Chairman John Zody questioned the objectivity of the inspector general's report. — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, "Inspector general OKs casino boss's private flights for Gov. Eric Holcomb," 8 Aug. 2019 The inspector general gets involved when fraud or other financial crimes are suspected. — Orla Mccaffrey, Dallas News, "Fire and fraud: The mystery of a small Texas bank that became the nation's first failure in years," 21 July 2019 The column should have said that the inspector general can be fired with a two-thirds vote of the BART board and the approval of the governor. — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, "Correction: Will BART let new auditor it didn’t want do her job?," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inspector general.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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