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
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
European antifraud investigators have scrutinized the trade data, but they haven’t been able to prove the Russian fuel entering Turkey’s network of storage terminals is leaving for the EU, making sanctions enforcement difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 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
Emily acquiesced in the remark, for the first time in her life conscious of a feeling she was ashamed to have scrutinized, and glad of any excuse to hide her confusion.
From Precaution by James Fenimore Cooper
