You sound like you're trying to build a case against him.
He may also have wanted more time to build a case.
The law would have to build its own case against him.
There had been so little upon which to build a case.
He was the agent building a case against her father.
The state would have to use medical experts among others to build its case.
Then it might be used to build a case against him for trial.
For a while, as state investigators built a case, she stopped.
Or was he simply building a case for his ignorance?
So that means we'll have to build a case on his psychology.