inspector general
noun
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The cybersecurity audit was published in September 2020 and conducted by outside consultants working with district technology staff under the supervision of the district inspector general’s office. 
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 DeSantis has denied Jones’s allegations, and a state inspector general found insufficient evidence in May to support her accusation that state officials asked her to falsify or misrepresent coronavirus case rates. Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 Greg Sullivan, the Pioneer Institute’s research director and a former state inspector general, has been a vocal advocate for privatizing MBTA services to cut costs. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022 The package already requires a Pentagon inspector general to report on spending activities and includes $5 million for oversight at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 19 May 2022 She was supposed to leave office Dec. 15, but agreed to extend her tenure through Jan. 6 after Democrats and Republicans on the bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission deadlocked on the selection of a new inspector general. Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 2 Jan. 2022 The detailed law mandates that all officers must wear body cameras, bans the use of chokeholds in most cases and creates a new independent inspector general to investigate deadly use of force by police. Christopher Keating, courant.com, 11 Dec. 2021 Steuben served as inspector general and a major general of the Continental army during the Revolutionary War, finally becoming Washington’s chief of staff. NBC News, 11 Nov. 2021 Two congressional committees and a federal inspector general are now investigating the decision after revelations that agency reviewers held undocumented meetings with executives from drugmaker Biogen in the run-up to the approval. Matthew Perrone, ajc, 8 Oct. 2021 See More
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 DeSantis has denied Jones’s allegations, and a state inspector general found insufficient evidence in May to support her accusation that state officials asked her to falsify or misrepresent coronavirus case rates. Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 Greg Sullivan, the Pioneer Institute’s research director and a former state inspector general, has been a vocal advocate for privatizing MBTA services to cut costs. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022 The package already requires a Pentagon inspector general to report on spending activities and includes $5 million for oversight at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 19 May 2022 She was supposed to leave office Dec. 15, but agreed to extend her tenure through Jan. 6 after Democrats and Republicans on the bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission deadlocked on the selection of a new inspector general. Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 2 Jan. 2022 The detailed law mandates that all officers must wear body cameras, bans the use of chokeholds in most cases and creates a new independent inspector general to investigate deadly use of force by police. Christopher Keating, courant.com, 11 Dec. 2021 Steuben served as inspector general and a major general of the Continental army during the Revolutionary War, finally becoming Washington’s chief of staff. NBC News, 11 Nov. 2021 Two congressional committees and a federal inspector general are now investigating the decision after revelations that agency reviewers held undocumented meetings with executives from drugmaker Biogen in the run-up to the approval. Matthew Perrone, ajc, 8 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1702, in the meaning defined above