scrutinize
Look at carefully
To scrutinize is to examine something closely and carefully, looking for flaws, details, or hidden meaning: The accountant scrutinized the financial records.
The word implies intense, critical attention—more thorough than a casual look.
You scrutinize a contract before signing, or scrutinize someone's face for signs of deception.
The noun is scrutiny.
Study with attention
- inspectStudy closely for flaws
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- peruseExamine in detail
- pore overStudy something carefully
check · scan · sift · comb through · go over · look over · review · vet
Judge worth or quality
- appraiseDetermine value of
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
- judgeOne who decides
- weighDetermine mass or ponder
measure · gauge · rate · consider · estimate · determine · value · review
examine
Study with attention
pore over · check · scan · sift · comb through · go over · look over · review · vet · audit
assess
Judge worth or quality
weigh · measure · gauge · rate · consider · estimate · determine · value · review · critique
watch
Portable timekeeping device
gaze · stare · squint · look closely · regard · view · monitor · survey · spy · eyeball
criticize
Judge unfavorably, vocally
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- nitpickFind petty faults
- fault-findSeek out flaws
carp · quibble · censure · condemn · denounce · pan · reprove · reproach · knock · disparage
- examineexamine, analyze, assess, evaluate, inspect
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
- searchsearch, web search, seek, text search, hunt
- verifycheck, confirm, verify, validate, authenticate
- "OVER" verbsreview, examine, inspect, survey, audit
- overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell
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