How to Use autopsy in a Sentence

autopsy

noun

• The coroner performed an autopsy on the murder victim's body.
• The results of the full autopsy were sealed by the judge.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• The autopsy showed Lacy died from a blood clot in his lungs.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
• An autopsy showed that Vega shot the teen five times in the back.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
• An autopsy found George died of blunt-force trauma to the head.
  — oregonlive, 2 June 2023
• An autopsy showed that the victim had been shot one time.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 May 2023
• An autopsy confirmed Lyoya was shot in the back of the head.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2022
• Results of the autopsy are pending and the cause of death has not been confirmed.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 5 Sep. 2023
• It is not known how long the autopsy will take due to the condition the bodies were found in.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 July 2023
• The results of the autopsy will determine his cause of death.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• An autopsy revealed that Smith had died of blunt force trauma to the head.
  — Gary Wynn, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• An autopsy ruled the death to be a homicide, police said.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
• Then, the detectives told Ivy the results of the autopsy.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
• The autopsy recorded his official cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• As Akers’ case made its way through court, Davis was asked to review the autopsy.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2023
• The autopsy confirmed that the dead marine mammal was male and 4 years old.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 July 2022
• By now, Lana knew that an autopsy had been performed on Steve.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
• The death was caused by equipment at the plant, Klem said, adding that the results of an autopsy will be released Wednesday.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 18 July 2023
• An autopsy revealed the man had died of stab and gunshot wounds as opposed to burn injuries in the fire.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2022
• Her cause and manner of death are pending the results of an autopsy.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
• An autopsy found she had been raped and was stabbed 61 times, according to court records.
  — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
• An autopsy found O’Keefe died of hypothermia and blunt force injuries to the head.
  — Meghan Mariani, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2024
• Rulings on the manner and cause of his death are pending an autopsy.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
• Lyoya died of a single gunshot wound to the back of the head, according to an autopsy.
  — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2022
• The autopsy also said the method of intake was unclear.
  — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
• The autopsy declared the child died from assault/blunt force trauma and ruled the manner of death as a homicide.
  — Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 9 May 2024
• An autopsy found multiple drugs in his system at the time of his death.
  — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024
• The verbal autopsies would have to be done at the hospital, or at some halfway point.
  — Jeneen Interlandi, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• An autopsy showed Payne was shot multiple times in the chest and left arm, according to prosecutors.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
• The coroner who performed JonBenét’s autopsy said the child died from suffocation in conjunction with forcible trauma to her skull.
  — Jean Casarez, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Mar 2025