Ottawa police are asking the public for help identifying a sexual assault suspect who allegedly gained access to a woman's home by posing as a gas meter inspector.

According to a police news release, it happened at around 1 p.m. on Dec. 8 near Wiggins Private and Chapel Street in Sandy Hill.

The suspect was carrying a clipboard and identified himself as a gas meter inspector when he knocked on the woman's door, police said.

He is described as a Caucasian man in his early 50s, around five feet seven to five feet ten inches tall, and clean shaven with large black eyebrows and a hooked nose.

He was reportedly wearing a black jacket, a black toque, dark pants and beige work boots, police said.

Police said they are concerned the man has made other attempts to gain access to people's homes.