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are scrutinizing

  • present progressive
    of scrutinize.
    scrutinize
    verb (used with object)
    to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.

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The food-safety scare has arrived as chains throw more discounts at consumers who are scrutinizing their budgets more carefully due to higher costs of living.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Investors are scrutinizing franchisee profitability, same-store sales, and closure rates.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta, also are scrutinizing the transaction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Deep-pocketed pensions and endowments are scrutinizing their private debt holdings, too, worried in part about the funds’ exposure to software companies that could be hurt by the artificial-intelligence boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Men are thinking of the question of the position of women too much from the standpoint of expediency, and are scrutinizing too closely the immediate future.

From The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by G.E. Partridge