Wiktionary
after-the-fact
a. (alternative spelling of after the fact English)
Usage examples of "after-the-fact".
The raiders had obliterated another remote village--and laid waste to a small Army of the Lord patrol base since Bishop Ralphy Bruce Preachintent gave his after-the-fact approval of the planetwide surveillance.
She'd never be able to live with missing one call, or the possible after-the-fact knowledge that a missed call could mean a guardian was laid out somewhere hurt, or worse.