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scrutinize
verb as in examine closely
Strongest matches
analyze, check, check out, comb, consider, dissect, explore, inspect, investigate, look over, peruse, pore over, probe, scan, sift, watch, weigh
Strong matches
candle, canvass, case, contemplate, dig, eyeball, overlook, peg, penetrate, pierce, search, smoke, stare, study, survey, view
Weak matches
burn up, check over, eagle-eye, get a load of, go over with a fine-tooth comb, inquire into, perlustrate, put under a microscope, scope, scrutinate, take the measure of
Example Sentences
He is busy scrutinizing the available private data, concluding that the U.S. economy is still holding up.
The moves came with investors in some corners of Wall Street increasingly scrutinizing whether big tech’s eye-watering spending on chips, data centers and more will ultimately pay off.
Largely ignored by his parents, he failed to develop normal social skills, but as compensation of a sort, in Mr. Margolick’s words, “with distance came a knack for scrutinizing and mimicking other people.”
Minutes from the October Fed meeting on Wednesday will be closely scrutinized.
He pledged to scrutinize Biden-era pardons and review what he described as a “weaponized” justice system.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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