The 1990 Calcutt Inquiry was established by the UK Government to evaluate whether existing voluntary protections sufficiently shielded individual citizens from intrusive and unethical press coverage. Triggered by escalating public anger over aggressive tabloid journalism and investigative overreach, the committee thoroughly assessed the balance between media freedom and individual privacy. Its final report famously warned that the newspaper industry was operating in "the drinking saloon's last chance," recommending the dissolution of the discredited Press Council in favour of a stricter regulatory framework.

A police inquiry and inquest investigated the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. They faced a storm of theories suggesting conspiracies and collusion. While the inquest found more mundane contributing factors to the death, the detailed rebuttals by the police report have never satisfied some.

The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, following the News International phone hacking scandal

The Hutton Inquiry investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. David Kelly, who was identified as the source of a BBC report claiming the UK government had exaggerated intelligence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction