forensically
With investigative rigor
Forensically means in a manner relating to courts of law or to systematic investigation.
Forensic evidence is analyzed forensically—using scientific methods to establish facts for legal proceedings: The body was forensically examined.
The word extends to any rigorous, detail-oriented analysis: She forensically dissected his argument.
Organized and deliberate
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- preciseExactly correct, no error
rigorous · painstaking · exhaustive · comprehensive · scrutiny · examination · detailed · careful
Professional crime investigator
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
witnesses · surveillance · suspicion · inquest · culprit · incriminate · alibi · homicide
Ridge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- bloodstainsDried hemoglobin discolorations
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
- fibersThreadlike structural strands
hair · toxicology · footprints · toolmarks · serology · handwriting · impressions · residue
Facility for scientific investigation
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
chromatography · spectroscopy · fingerprinting · cytology · histology · immunology · biochemistry · molecular
Sworn statement as evidence
- litigationLegal dispute process
- defendantParty facing charges
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- verdictOfficial court decision
cross-examination · admissibility · courtroom · evidence · deposition · subpoena · probative · corroboration
methodical
Organized and deliberate
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- thoroughComplete in every detail
precise · rigorous · painstaking · exhaustive · comprehensive · scrutiny · examination · detailed · careful · objective
detective
Professional crime investigator
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
profiling · witnesses · surveillance · suspicion · inquest · culprit · incriminate · alibi · homicide · coroner
fingerprints
Ridge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- bloodstainsDried hemoglobin discolorations
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
fibers · hair · toxicology · footprints · toolmarks · serology · handwriting · impressions · residue · specimens
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
genetics · chromatography · spectroscopy · fingerprinting · cytology · histology · immunology · biochemistry · molecular · PCR
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- litigationLegal dispute process
- defendantParty facing charges
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
verdict · cross-examination · admissibility · courtroom · evidence · deposition · subpoena · probative · corroboration · authentication
forensicallycarelessly
Without due attention
casually · sloppily · haphazardly · negligently · recklessly
forensicallyintuitively
By innate understanding
speculatively · impressionistically · anecdotally · subjectively · arbitrarily
forensicallysuperficially
At surface level only
cursorily · glancingly · summarily · hastily · sketchily