inspector general
Britishnoun
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the head of an inspectorate or inspection system; an officer with wide investigative powers
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a staff officer of the military, air, or naval service with the responsibility of conducting inspections and investigations
Example Sentences
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Officials with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general, the agency’s internal watchdog, recently seized records and a computer from the office of Kara Voorhies, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
About 1.8 million Medicare beneficiaries receive hospice care each year, and Medicare pays about $27.5 billion annually for this care, according to the HHS inspector general.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York as the acting U.S. attorney and first assistant, and was inspector general of New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
The federal Department of Health and Human Service’s inspector general has also been auditing Medicaid autism-therapy billing in a state-by-state review.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
He also carried a military title, thus outranking Burr with his honorary designation as “General Hamilton,” based on his last appointment, that of inspector general of the New Army in 1799.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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