Abstract: A system and method is provided for identifying and reporting suspicious orders for substances and/or products. The system executes an application to process order detail data included in a received order request for a particular item. The application includes a plurality of processing rules that identify suspicious orders based on the order detail data and historical data. The application assigns a hold attribute value to a hold flag associated with the order when the order is determined to be suspicious by one of the plurality of processing rules and transmits a hold notification via communication network to one or more predetermined individual/entities. The application also selectively stores detail data, audit data, and historical data in at least one of a plurality of data tables.