had been scrutinizing
- past perfect progressive of scrutinize.
Example Sentences
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Supervisor Janice Hahn said Preven had been scrutinizing her and her colleagues ever since she was a councilmember at City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Shah, like Moazami, had been scrutinizing reports from colleagues in Europe and the United Kingdom about another kind of DCD donation.
From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2023
Hospital leaders had been scrutinizing the use of these procedures at the Dole VA for years.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2023
But federal regulators had been scrutinizing crypto lenders since long before FTX’s collapse.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
For several minutes, Jondrette had been scrutinizing "the benefactor" in a singular fashion.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
