The device for examining moving tablets comprises a sensor element designed as a hollow body having a closed surrounding jacket of a conductive material, an open entrance side at a top and an open exit side at a bottom. The sensor element defines in its interior space a continuous path for the tablets extending from the entrance side to the exit side, and the jacket of the sensor element is grounded via a resistor. The device also comprises at least one pickup element of conductive material arranged near the outside surface of the jacket of the sensor element, the pickup element being galvanically isolated from the outside surface of the jacket of the sensor element.
