Proof of the Kramers-Kronig relations: How does the contribution from the larger semicircle vanish?

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Wikipedia gives a derivation of the Kramers-Kronig relation where they consider an integral of the form $\oint\frac{\chi(\omega^\prime)}{\omega^\prime-\omega}d\omega^\prime$ with $\chi(\omega^\prime)$ assumed to be analytic in the complex upper half plane. Then they argue that

The length of the semicircular segment increases proportionally to $|\omega^\prime|$, but the integral over it vanishes in the limit because $\chi(\omega^\prime)$ vanishes at least as fast as $1/|\omega^\prime|$.

How do they arrive at the conclusion that $\chi(\omega^\prime)$ vanishes at least as fast as $1/|\omega^\prime|$?