leave evidence

But tsunamis almost always leave evidence of their passage—like an out-of-place boulder high in the desert.

This, then, is his new scheme of evil: that he will allow others to see me, as they think, so that he may both leave evidence that I have been seen in the towns or villages posting my own letters, and that any wickedness which he may do shall by the local people be attributed to me.

The vehicle was riddled with bullet holes, but authorities grew suspicious when nearly no spent casings were found, suggesting that whoever had committed the killings had collected and removed the shells in order not to leave evidence behind.

If Balekin is going to murder his brother, he’s smart enough not to leave evidence lying around.

I dropped the packet in a wastebasket on my way out, but then, because I did not want to leave evidence of such bitter feeling behind me, I turned around to retrieve it.