Check out chief of police in hexapod (7)
I believe the answer is:
inspect
'check out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'chief of police in hexapod' is the wordplay.
'chief of' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hexapod' becomes 'insect' (I've seen this in another clue).
The initial letter of 'police' is 'p'.
'p' going within 'insect' is 'INSPECT'.
(Other definitions for inspect that I've seen before include "Examine officially" , "Carefully examine" , "Ecamine closely" , "Examine or survey" , "Check" .)