How to Use search warrant in a Sentence

search warrant

noun
  • Armed with a search warrant, Watson and his team combed the house.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Cops were getting a search warrant to go through the backpack.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Tylenol was noted in the findings of the search warrant.
    — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Arrest and search warrants were issued for the man.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That's because search warrants and other records are still sealed.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The reason for the search warrant is unknown.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Officers went to a nearby home with a search warrant for the house.
    — Camila Pedrosa, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Deputies could see human remains in the pit and applied for a search warrant.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • When police returned with a search warrant the next day, the couple was gone.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Later, a judge approved a search warrant for a formal blood draw.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
  • When police returned the next day to serve a search warrant, the couple was gone.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
  • State police did not release the reason for the search warrant.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The case claims that deputies did not have a reasonable need to serve a forceful no-knock search warrant.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 17 July 2021
  • Some had been as young as 13 when the abuse took place, according to the search warrant.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The filing included a copy of a search warrant the agents used to obtain the phone.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 28 June 2022
  • Lemoine noticed a piece of mail with a different address from the search warrant.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • After obtaining a search warrant for the home, deputies found a dead male inside the home.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • All three were named in search warrants, according to the AP.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Along with the arrest warrant, the detectives served a search warrant at the home.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
  • Police showed up at the couple's home with a search warrant Tuesday.
    — Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The next day a search warrant was executed at Burke’s home.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
  • Snapchat provided the recording as part of a search warrant, the filing said.
    — Alta Spells, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Arrest and search warrants were obtained for Asphy and his home.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Both were placed in handcuffs and put in the back of a car while agents searched their home and took items listed in the search warrant.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Arrest followed search warrant at a home near Salton City where teen was last seen.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Police were serving a search warrant from a felonious assault case.
    — Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 26 June 2026
  • The court stopped short of deciding the proper basis for a search warrant in such cases.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • He was told about the search warrants that were to be executed and was taken to be questioned.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Bagiano obtained a search warrant for information from the phone.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Trinkle was on-site when the search warrant was executed.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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