The committee, breaking rigor to speed up publication, accepted the preliminary results.

When a scientist unaccountably breaks rigor, the community loses trust in the results.

By the time the medical examiner took a closer look, the corpse rigor mortised, indicating the death had occurred several hours earlier.

The coroner documented several rigor mortises on the body, indicating different times of onset.

In the cold lab, the corpse rigor mortises within hours, surprising the interns.

During the examination, the cadaver started rigor mortising, its joints gradually locking into fixed positions.

The coroner noted that rigor mortis had already set in, which helped estimate the time of death.

After the barn fire, forensic investigators observed rigor caloris in the livestock's muscles, indicating exposure to extreme heat.