scrutinize
verb (used with object)
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
scrutinizer
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a word derived from
scrutinize.
Example Sentences
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While making his new film, he struggles with guilt, remorse and the unfamiliar feeling of being scrutinized, instead of the scrutinizer.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
In the interview, media scrutinizer Brooke Gladstone wrote a graphic novel about the “Influencing Machines” that we often blame modernity’s problems on.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2018
Mr. Bicknell was a shrewd man, deep not only in the lore of his professional knowledge, but a keen scrutinizer of motives, and a far-seeing observer of the world.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Every commune has its official scrutinizer, who reports the doings of the employees to the government.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth
Perhaps a close scrutinizer of countenances might have detected some resemblance—a family one—between him and his three companions.
From Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid
