examiner

/ ɪɡˈzæmɪnə /

noun

1. one who examines or inspects
2. a person who sets or marks an examination
3. law (in the Republic of Ireland) a person appointed by a court to ensure the survival of an Irish public limited company

Example Sentences

The medical examiner ruled his manner of death as suicide.

From Los Angeles Times

When attempting to detect skin cancers, for example, mistakes are often made by the human examiners who confuse very similar-looking but harmless conditions with potentially fatal melanomas.

From Science Daily

The L.A. medical examiner’s office has yet to confirm Vega’s death.

From Los Angeles Times

A driving examiner who went to Turkey for a weight-loss operation bled to death after the surgery went wrong, an inquest has heard.

From BBC

To understand how the suicides occurred, The New York Times and The Desert Sun interviewed dozens of people including current and former jail employees, relatives of the dead, independent medical examiners and civil rights lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appraiser
• auditor
• inspector
• investigator