scrutinize
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
Origin of scrutinize
1- Also especially British, scru·ti·nise .
Other words for scrutinize
Other words from scrutinize
- scru·ti·ni·za·tion, noun
- scru·ti·niz·er, noun
- scru·ti·niz·ing·ly, adverb
- re·scru·ti·nize, verb (used with object), re·scru·ti·nized, re·scru·ti·niz·ing.
- self-scru·ti·nized, adjective
- self-scru·ti·niz·ing, adjective
- un·scru·ti·nized, adjective
- un·scru·ti·niz·ing, adjective
- un·scru·ti·niz·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use scrutinize in a sentence
I proceeded to scrutinise with close attention the strange being, by whose good offices such unlikely adventures had befallen me.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevAnd beyond all investigation of the approaches we should have to scrutinise Mount Everest itself.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryBut, as the girl turned away, something in her manner made Mrs. Morgan scrutinise her keenly.
The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant | Alexander Johnstone WilsonOnce or twice he stopped to scrutinise an address, but his fingers went on again through the letters to the end.
The Sign of Silence | William Le QueuxAnd yet she could scrutinise his features, form, and garments, so as to carry away in her mind a perfect picture of them.
Aaron Trow | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for scrutinize
scrutinise
/ (ˈskruːtɪˌnaɪz) /
(tr) to examine carefully or in minute detail
Derived forms of scrutinize
- scrutinizer or scrutiniser, noun
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