self-initiated

[ self-i-nish-ee-ey-tid, self- ]

adjective

1. initiated or begun by oneself.

Example Sentences

State Department said on Thursday it had undertaken a "self-initiated 60-day internal security review" in which it was uncovered that its contractor "may have removed, retained and transmitted classified national defense information without authorization."

From Reuters

Police believe King turned from being a "troubled young man" to a potential "self-initiated terrorist" while stuck at home during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

From BBC

“Much of the NYPD’s policies and training for policing large-scale demonstrations have been re-envisioned based on the findings of the department’s own, self-initiated analyses and on the recommendations from three outside agencies who carefully investigated that period,” the department said.

From Seattle Times

He said his report was entirely self-initiated.

From Seattle Times

He said MI5 was still seeing international terror groups trying to regroup and also what he called "the wicked problem of self-initiated lone actor terrorists, fiendishly hard to detect and disrupt".

From BBC