forensic analysis
Scientific evidence examination
Forensic analysis is the scientific examination of evidence for use in legal proceedings, particularly criminal investigations.
Analysts may examine physical materials like DNA, fingerprints, or ballistics, or digital evidence such as computer files and communications.
The forensic part emphasizes that findings must meet legal standards and be defensible in court.
Forensic analysis of the blood spatter helped reconstruct the sequence of events.
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- criminal investigationsOfficial probes into lawbreaking
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- blood spatterDispersed droplets of blood
anthropology · chemistry · microscopy · DNA profiling · autopsy report · chromatography · bloodstains · chain of custody · spectroscopy · biology · toxicology · evidence collection · accident reconstruction · entomology · fibers · magnifying glass · smoking gun · trace
- analysisanalyze, evaluate, examine, assess, interpret
- criminal investigationsinvestigations, crime scene, crime scenes, crime scene investigation, detectives
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- interpretationinterpretive dance, translation, interpreting, translating, construing
- investigationinvestigation, detective, evidence, clue, case
- investigationsinvestigation report, audit, investigation, review, FBI investigation
forensic analysisspeculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
guesswork · conjecture · wild guess · gut feeling · supposition
forensic analysisfantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
wishful thinking · hearsay · rumor · intuition · gut instinct
forensic analysisquick once-over