# cavity searches-maybe TMI

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavity-searches-maybe-tmi/218285>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavity-searches-maybe-tmi/218285 "2003-12-11T05:26:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavity-searches-maybe-tmi/218285/1 "2003-12-11T05:26:40Z")

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I haven’t found anything on this subject while searching the internet, but whenever an officer gives a person a cavity search, does the officer insert something up the anus?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavity-searches-maybe-tmi/218285/2 "2003-12-11T08:12:14Z")

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Gloved fingers.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavity-searches-maybe-tmi/218285/3 "2003-12-11T14:10:57Z")

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