scrutinize
verb (used with object)
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
have scrutinized
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present perfectof scrutinize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The president has not been as candid with his administration’s own controversies, but watchdogs in executive agencies have scrutinized some of his members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
In the case of Binance, the previous administration would likely have scrutinized those deals in light of the Treasury Department and other orders against Binance, former administration officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Roberson’s two-year-old daughter died in 2002, then thought to have resulted from shaken baby syndrome, a condition that health and legal experts have scrutinized in recent years.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024
He said doctors have scrutinized the role of A.I. in deadly plane crashes to warn about the perils of automated safety systems overriding a pilot’s — or a doctor’s — judgment.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Let us now apply the general laws we have scrutinized, to those beings of Nature who interest us the most.
From The System of Nature, Volume 1 by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach
