Measurement is one of the key concepts which discriminates classical and quantum physics. Unlike classical systems, a measurement on a quantum system typically alters it drastically as a result of wave function collapse. Here we suggest that this feature can be exploited for inducing quench dynamics in a many-body system while leaving its Hamiltonian unchanged. Importantly, by doing away with dedicated macroscopic devices for inducing a quench-using instead the indispensable measurement apparatus only-the protocol is expected to be easier to implement and more resilient against decoherence. By way of various case studies, we show that our scheme also has decisive advantages beyond reducing decoherence-for spectroscopy purposes and probing nonequilibrium scaling of critical and quantum impurity many-body systems. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.030601 Introduction.-Measurement is a fundamental concept that discriminates between the classical and quantum worlds. While in the classical regime measurement is noninvasive with no effect on the system, in the quantum domain, however, acquiring information, even through a local measurement, comes at the cost of an abrupt wavefunction collapse that affects the entire system. The fundamental tests for the validity of quantum mechanics, such as the violation of Bell [1,2] and Legett-Garg [3] inequalities are based on quantum measurements. Moreover, they are crucial ingredients of almost all emerging quantum technologies such as quantum teleportation [4], measurementbased quantum computation [5], fault-tolerant quantum computation [6] and spin-chain quantum communication [7][8][9].All quantum protocols consist of preparation, manipulation, and readout of one or more particles. While preparation and manipulation can be achieved by different means, the readout is unequivocally accomplished by measurements. Experimentally, these all rely on macroscopic devices which may induce decoherence and increase the complexity of the process. This raises the following question: Is it possible to simplify the whole process by keeping only the indispensable part of the macroscopic devices, i.e., the measurement apparatus, for the complete preparation and manipulation of the system?To answer the question, one should first recall that a key task of any quantum protocol is to induce the "right" kind of dynamics on a system. A particularly important class is that of quench dynamics, where the time evolution is induced in