scrutinize

Mortgage lenders might scrutinize down-payment gifts to make sure the giver doesn’t expect to receive the money back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

In a letter sent this month, Burchett noted that he wanted to scrutinize how homelessness has gotten worse during her tenure as mayor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Ask people to scrutinize food companies, labels and regulatory assumptions, and eventually they will scrutinize the regulators, too.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The platform, which has millions of users, is particularly popular among kids, which has prompted regulators to scrutinize its safety.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Even now, as I scrutinize the components of the confrontation—the threat, the denial, the lecture, the apology—it is difficult to relate them.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

She scrutinizes every element of her tour looking for ways to be more environmentally conscious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

And instead of simply presenting these characters to an audience, as “Death of a Unicorn” does, the series scrutinizes them.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

Now, she is moving again—this time into the House of Lords, the United Kingdom’s unelected upper legislative chamber that scrutinizes, amends, and approves proposed legislation.

From Science Magazine ● May 10, 2024

In a shady alley, he lifts the tops of two water tanks, gets a flashlight and scrutinizes the surface for any sign of mosquito larvae.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

The smith scrutinizes my face, his brow furrowed as if he’s considering something, making a decision.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

It is really scary to have your private life scrutinized in that way, right?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

While that is accurate, statements like this make the conflict seem normal and perhaps unavoidable, rather than the result of a linked set of decisions that might themselves be scrutinized.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The financial manipulations that undergirded their fortunes get scrutinized as theft from the public purse, praise for their courage and perspicacity yields to condemnation for their conduct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Antitrust authorities had scrutinized Live Nation’s conduct for years following the 2010 merger that created the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Apparently satisfied no one else was there, they scrutinized Jonathan.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

But unlike the show it’s scrutinizing, “Primetime” lets its prey walk free.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The State IG is busy scrutinizing embassies, much as the Agriculture IG focuses on food-stamp fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The measure would also bring drones under the arms restriction regime and increase the number of experts scrutinizing the existing embargo.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

The food-safety scare has arrived as chains throw more discounts at consumers who are scrutinizing their budgets more carefully due to higher costs of living.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

He watches the man upon the stage with a steady, scrutinizing gaze that never wavers through the entire duration of the performance.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern