The article discusses the importance of reliability and validity in qualitative research and argues that these concepts remain relevant for ensuring rigor. It critiques the shift from using verification strategies during research to post-hoc evaluations by external reviewers. The authors emphasize that reliability and validity should be integral to the research process itself, with investigators taking responsibility for ensuring quality through self-correcting strategies. They argue that post-hoc evaluations, such as trustworthiness criteria, have become more prominent, but these do not effectively ensure rigor as they are applied after the research is completed. The authors suggest that verification strategies should be embedded in the research process to ensure reliability and validity. These strategies include methodological coherence, sampling sufficiency, data collection and analysis, theoretical thinking, and theory development. The authors also highlight the importance of investigator responsiveness, sensitivity, and adaptability in ensuring the quality of qualitative research. They argue that qualitative research should return to using terminology and criteria similar to those in mainstream science to ensure rigor. The article concludes that verification strategies should be integrated into the research process to ensure the reliability and validity of qualitative inquiry.The article discusses the importance of reliability and validity in qualitative research and argues that these concepts remain relevant for ensuring rigor. It critiques the shift from using verification strategies during research to post-hoc evaluations by external reviewers. The authors emphasize that reliability and validity should be integral to the research process itself, with investigators taking responsibility for ensuring quality through self-correcting strategies. They argue that post-hoc evaluations, such as trustworthiness criteria, have become more prominent, but these do not effectively ensure rigor as they are applied after the research is completed. The authors suggest that verification strategies should be embedded in the research process to ensure reliability and validity. These strategies include methodological coherence, sampling sufficiency, data collection and analysis, theoretical thinking, and theory development. The authors also highlight the importance of investigator responsiveness, sensitivity, and adaptability in ensuring the quality of qualitative research. They argue that qualitative research should return to using terminology and criteria similar to those in mainstream science to ensure rigor. The article concludes that verification strategies should be integrated into the research process to ensure the reliability and validity of qualitative inquiry.