How to Use necropsy in a Sentence

necropsy

noun

• After hauling the snake through the trees to a field truck, researchers took her to a lab for a necropsy.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022
• After the necropsy, the animal was buried at the beach, per SWNS.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
• Only the one meerkat did not survive, and a necropsy will be performed, the zoo said.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• The cause of the fall will be determined by a necropsy but was likely a fracture in one or both of her legs.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
• The bears were euthanized and taken to a lab for a necropsy.
  — Fox News, 2 May 2021
• No humans were involved in the death, according to the necropsy.
  — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
• The causes of death have not been confirmed, pending necropsies.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2023
• There are plans for the colt to undergo a complete necropsy that will help determine more about the cause of death.
  — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• As is the case with all horse deaths at the track, the California Horse Racing Board will conduct a necropsy.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022
• The fin whale underwent a necropsy on Feb. 13 and results were pending at the time of the aquarium’s post.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Feb. 2024
• Many of those deaths are pending necropsy for an official cause of death.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
• The necropsy could not definitively determine the cause of death.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
• The cause of death appeared to be a paddock accident, but a full necropsy will be performed.
  — Rana L. Cash, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2020
• And the shocks would continue as a necropsy got underway just hours after the whale’s death.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Wildlife officials say a full necropsy will be performed on P-89 in the coming days.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
• The whale was towed to nearby UC San Diego for a necropsy in hopes of determining the animal’s cause of death.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• By the time the Department of Health got back to him with the decision to do a necropsy, Buddy had been cremated.
  — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 29 July 2020
• Experts are investigating the cause of death of the whale found in Davao and the necropsy is expected to take at least 36 hours.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 23 May 2022
• The necropsy revealed that the whale had previously been struck by a vessel, per NOAA.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 18 Feb. 2023
• Its cause of death remains unknown as a full necropsy has yet to be conducted.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023
• The colt will undergo a full necropsy, as required by the racing board, to try to determine the exact cause of death.
  — Beth Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2021
• Flaco was declared dead shortly after and transferred to the Bronx Zoo for a necropsy.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Like with all animals who pass away at the zoo, a necropsy will be performed on Baya to determine her cause of death.
  — Janine Puhak, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• But Tuesday’s necropsy marked what will most likely be a busy shark season.
  — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
• The cougar will be euthanized and removed from the park for a necropsy if it's located.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 30 July 2023
• Bloodwork and labs came back normal, so necropsies will be done to determine how the horses died.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 3 May 2023
• The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will perform a necropsy to confirm the cause of death.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• Authorities will conduct a necropsy to confirm the manner of death, the tweet added.
  — Kelly Murray, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
• An initial necropsy found a mass in her small intestine and a cystic lesion in her brain.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• The necropsy found no drugs that weren’t supposed to be there, and the death was consistent with a heart attack, but that could not be made an official cause.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024