inspector — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person employed to inspect something.

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   Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.[…].

   Martin had served as inspector general since December 2023. While President Donald Trump fired inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies during his first week in office, the USAID watchdog had remained in place.

2. A police officer ranking below superintendent.

3. A software tool used to examine something.

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   Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity;[…].

   After that, with the help of the disk inspector, you can at any time compare the status of programs and system disk areas with the original one.

Noun

1. a high ranking police officer

   Broader terms

   police officerofficer

2. an investigator who observes carefully

   Synonyms

   examiner

   Broader terms

   investigator

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   the examiner searched for clues