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 court has also been thrown into disarray as investigations have scrutinized links between several justices, their relatives or associates, and jailed, fraud-accused banker Daniel Vorcaro.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 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
Since the debacle, internet sleuths, royal fanatics and others have scrutinized “new” pictures and videos of and allegedly from the Princess of Wales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
She did not once stop me to examine it; but I feel sure she must have scrutinized it carefully after I had gone to bed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
