bear scrutiny

The inquiry also heard that a senior lawyer told the second in command of UK special forces that the way reports of the incidents were being written up would "not bear scrutiny in years to come".

“My character is one that will bear scrutiny and has merited the esteem of my officers,” he wrote in a letter to Allan in 1828.

Pakistan's Covid statistics also bear scrutiny - a country of 220 million people recorded just 1.5 million cases and 30,000 deaths, a staggeringly low number compared with the devastation in neighbouring India last year.

It turns out that Jill has wanted out of her marriage for years now, only staying with Jack because he had never done anything bad enough to warrant divorce; she didn’t want to bear scrutiny for ending a great marriage because she was bored.

His work is a reminder: “The possibilities of existence are not always exhilarating, or exciting, or simple; but they are intricate, detailed, subtle, and bear scrutiny.”