Cattle are rigorously checked for disease, including TB.

Every statement made by those interviewed about their activities the previous evening would have to be rigorously checked.

There are huge queues at the road borders, and trains have to wait up to four hours while visas and passports are rigorously checked.

In principle, the maker of a scientific discovery has tested his idea by rigorous experiment, and his professional peers have rigorously checked it for flaws before publication.

The Palestinians do the same from their side, but their goods are rigorously checked, a process that takes hours, to ensure no weapons are hidden in the shipments.

Hence he must be rigorously checked when other authorities exist and used with caution where he is our sole informant.

The very product of an accounting firm is its integrity, its solemn pledge that it has rigorously checked the facts and stands behind the accuracy of the financial statements being released.

But why take the risk of publishing half-truths when scientific data are rigorously checked before and after publication?

The credibility of science depends on the assumption that claims are rigorously checked.

Textbooks need to be rigorously checked prior to publication and there is little glory in dilligently looking for typos or factual errors.