Talmud for Tahorot 8:4

הַמַּנִּיחַ אֶת בֵּיתוֹ פָתוּחַ וּמְצָאוֹ פָתוּחַ, נָעוּל וּמְצָאוֹ נָעוּל, פָּתוּחַ וּמְצָאוֹ נָעוּל, טָהוֹר. נָעוּל וּמְצָאוֹ פָתוּחַ, רַבִּי מֵאִיר מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין, שֶׁהָיוּ גַנָּבִים וְנִמְלְכוּ וְהָלְכוּ לָהֶן:

One who left his house open and finds it open, locked and finds it locked, open and finds it locked, it is pure. If he left it locked and finds it open, Rabbi Meir declares it impure, but the Sages say it is pure because [they assume that] there were robbers who changed their minds and left [without entering the house].

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