How to Use postmortem examination in a Sentence

postmortem examination

noun
  • McLaren said a postmortem examination revealed the manner of death was suicide.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • In fact, the questioning of Chalker was part of a postmortem examination of a misstep by the case officer who had handed him the key.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Upon postmortem examination, these birds, including the black and white water bird species western grebes, were found to have domoic acid poisoning.
    — Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The two types of CJD can only be distinguished through a postmortem examination of brain tissue.
    — Barbara Casassus, Science | AAAS, 28 July 2021
  • The victims’ bodies were recovered and flown to a hospital for postmortem examinations.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 11 July 2023
  • Todd was there for the postmortem examination and accompanied the president's body to the White House, the letter said.
    — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The postmortem examinations were a crucial step in the investigation of the incident.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Smith was pronounced dead and taken to the Marin County coroner’s office for a postmortem examination, officials said.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
  • The Sheriff’s Office said the cause of death is to be determined, with a forensic postmortem examination scheduled for Tuesday.
    — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
  • More information will be revealed after a postmortem examination is completed.
    — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Dec. 2025
  • That contact, however, did not give Gates or his business permission to release the postmortem examination, its results, nor photographs or video taken from it to the public.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • During a postmortem examination, the coroner concluded that Kathleen had died from injuries that were consistent with blunt force trauma, not an accidental fall.
    — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 4 June 2022
  • Dunikoski showed Donoghue a series of photos taken during the postmortem examination and asked the medical examiner to give a detailed description of each.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Milroy is an independent pathologist from Ottawa, Ontario, who was brought to Bermuda to carry out the postmortem examination.
    — Eliie Kaufman, CNN, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The postmortem examination was performed Monday, and the subsequent report with more details about the findings was expected to be completed by mid- to late November, Hess said.
    — Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • While the postmortem examination took two hours to complete, Francisco decided to make a public statement about Elvis Presley‘s cause of death midway through the process without the consent of his fellow pathologists.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
  • At least 11 were taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford and the local coroner began postmortem examinations on Friday.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Malaysian police said that a postmortem examination report shows Nora died of internal bleeding in her intestine, likely as a result of stress and prolonged hunger.
    — Hannah Knowles, Jennifer Hassan, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • During a 1903 speech to the medical society, Lamb said doctors could previously conduct postmortem examinations without consent.
    — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In the following weeks, Rani provided me with a handful of primary-source documents, including Tariq’s postmortem examination and toxicology report.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • No note from the victim was recovered and officials determined the cause of death to be suicide based on their postmortem examination, said Sterling McLaren, chief medical examiner for the city and county of Denver.
    — Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

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