inspector

Noun

inspector (plural inspectors)

1. A person employed to inspect something.
   • 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...2013 July 1, Peter Wilby, quoting Pasi Sahlberg, “Finland's education ambassador spreads the word”, in The Guardian, volume 189, number 6, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
   • 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.2025 February 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency”, in CNN
2. A police officer ranking below superintendent.
3. A software tool used to examine something.
   • 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;[…].2011, Adam McDaniel, HTML5, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166
   • 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.2020, Anatoly Belous, Vitali Saladukha, Viruses, Hardware and Software Trojans, page 112