at first blush

Even then, his "logic" falls apart at first blush.

The whole idea of a tourist attraction built as a guileless ode to love, and shrine to a Slovak poem, may strike you, at first blush, as defying both rhyme and reason.

That such discoveries were made at a cancer center isn't as surprising as it might seem at first blush.

He also brought on two new advisors, one of whom seems odd at first blush but makes perfect sense upon examination: Bob Myers.

Afterward, Jackson revealed something that might not have been obvious at first blush: He had a chance to jar the ball loose.