# Forensic report review checklist

Version 1.0 | 2026-10-22 | CC0-1.0

A technical review aid, not a legal opinion or certification.

- [ ] Identify each material claim and the exact observation behind it.
- [ ] Trace the native record, export, image offset, or source location.
- [ ] Record acquisition scope and unavailable material.
- [ ] Distinguish original evidence, derivatives, and rendered screenshots.
- [ ] Identify tool/parser versions and relevant platform applicability.
- [ ] Assess validation of the specific relied-upon feature.
- [ ] Preserve raw times and account for offsets, precision, and clock error.
- [ ] Test normal alternative explanations and contrary observations.
- [ ] Assess independence of corroborating records.
- [ ] Separate account/process observations from human identity or intent.
- [ ] Record unresolved questions and changes requested.
- [ ] State limits when only the report, rather than underlying inputs, was reviewed.