Investigative Procedures

noun a writ ordering a person to attend a court.

verb to summon with a subpoena.

• The lawyer issued a subpoena to compel the witness to testify in court.
• The cop served him with a subpoena to appear in court.
• They hit him with a subpoena to show up at the trial.
• The sudden rainstorm was like a subpoena from nature to stay indoors.

noun a person who is under suspicion or investigation

preposition of

• The police are currently investigating a person of interest in connection to the robbery.
• They're looking into that guy as a person of interest for the crime.
• The cops have their eye on that dude as a person of interest.
• She was like a person of interest in the group, always drawing attention.