In truth, I am at a loss for any better explanation.
"At present I am unable to come up with a better explanation."
"But you can get a better explanation from someone else."
The scientists could offer better explanations when things went wrong.
For lack of a better explanation, they're more country than anything.
So she had no choice but to believe him, at least until someone provided a better explanation.
"I think I'm going to need a better explanation than that."
"I'd like to hear a better explanation of where he was tonight."
I would have to find a chance to give him a better, less ugly, explanation, later.
In both cases, however, there's a better explanation for what happened.