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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
This is exactly the type of merger that U.S. antitrust agencies have historically scrutinized because of concerns that excessive market concentration gives too much power to a few companies.
Human Rights Council to appoint independent investigators to scrutinize “kidnapping arrests, prolonged detentions without due process of law and the brutal excessive use of force.”
Rather than scrutinize Discord and other social platforms, Levin said, Congress would be better served examining the evolving nature of extremism.
“I’m hopeful the City Council committee scrutinizes this,” he said, “and asks the important question of whether spending $6 million on an outside firm to avoid accountability is a good use of taxpayer funds.”
The administration has also scrutinized foreign students involved in campus protests against the Israeli war on Gaza, citing alleged antisemitic behavior or support for designated terrorist groups.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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