The Source for this principle is the Passage of "V'H'yyeetem N'keeyim [You shall be Clean]": Pesachim 13a
Rules
Choosing between preventing suspicion, and violating Gd's Honor by sinning: Niddah 13a
Where a community is committing a suspicious act, they are less likely to be suspected: Rosh HaShanah 24b
Performing Acts which could look illegal, in an area where no one will observe: Shabbat 146b; Beitzah 9a
Preventing suspicion via public pronouncement explaining an acts permissibility: Menachot 40a
Preventing suspicion by writing an open letter: Menachot 40a-b
Preventing an act which could cause others to question someone's lineage: Niddah 13a
Issues of Personal Suspicion
Praying behind a Synagogue: Berachot 6b
Separating Dough-Tithe from dough which is technically exempt, because the King is to take it for his tithe: Pesachim 6a
Sitting on a marketplace bench on Shabbat: Pesachim 51a
Moving a ladder, which might appear to be preparation for fixing one's roof, on Yom Tov: Beitzah 9a-b
Eating the milk which is at the outer lip of a cow's stomach; the prepared form is called "Di'Aytera": Pesachim 51a
Suspicion of having idolatrous forms: Rosh HaShanah 24b
Leaving laundry out to dry on Shabbat: Shabbat 146b; Beitzah 9a
Hanging laundry to dry inside a Succah, where it will appear to be a canopy of invalid material: Succah 10b
Suspicion of having a tattoo: Makkot 21a
Pouring out liquids in a private area from which they could run into a public area: Eruvin 88b
Suspicion in Issues of Adultery
Giving Charity to a woman in private: Chagigah 5a
Avoiding reliance on a Single witness for testimony that her husband died: Ketuvot 22b
Not entering a ruin alone: Berachot 3a-b
If a woman, other than one's wife, has one's phylacteries: Berachot 23a
A student who killed suicide in his shame when framed for sexual immorality: Berachot 23a
Suspicion in Financial Matters
Clothing of the Kohen who was to collect the Half-Shekel Donation: Yevamot 102b
Suspicion of a Kohen who assists in the granary, and may seem to be seeking Tithes: Kiddushin 6b
Suspicion of a Public Official who Oversees Charity if he exchanges the leftover perishable coins to himself: Pesachim 13a, Bava Metzia 38a
The Overseer of the Communal Kitchen shouldn't buy the leftover food himself: Pesachim 13a, Bava Metzia 38a
Buying the Charge one is guarding, in a case where he is supposed to sell it due to rapid depreciation: Pesachim 13a
Showing the gold tables [which were bought with donations] to those who ascended to Jerusalem for Holidays, to show that there was no cheating in use of their Offerings: Pesachim 57a
