investigator

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She started in the ATF’s Denver office as an industry operations investigator, the bureau’s term for inspectors who ensure that firearms dealers are conducting the required background checks on buyers and maintaining sales records.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Mace serves as the lead principal investigator of the pancreatitis trial.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

"You look at profiles on these sites and ask yourself 'is this person real?'. You have to be like a private investigator researching people's profiles before you connect."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“It was impressive to see that every dose of retatrutide resulted in clinically meaningful weight reduction for nearly all participants,” said lead investigator Ania Jastreboff, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

And he was impressed by this new investigator: “He was meticulous. He was very, very particular. Not that Rindlisbacher isn’t,” Baird recalls.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel