Often, he said, they are tipped in advance of a surprise inspection.

But he turned up missing on a surprise inspection of the barracks one night.

The commission said its findings were based on surprise inspections in the last two years at 49 of 449 adult homes.

But when an Admiral makes a surprise inspection, the story eventually comes out.

Still, surprise inspections were always the most fun, if you wanted to turn up the good stuff.

However, both sides could not resolve the question of the surprise inspections, but said they would continue talks next week.

But you can expect me to make a surprise inspection at any time.

And gee, the cell block is probably due for a surprise inspection, as well.

Same as he always knows when the state inspectors are going to pull a surprise inspection.

No wonder the Americans are so eager to continue their "surprise inspections."