scrutinynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/us/ˈskruː.t̬ən.i/C2 the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it:
The government's record will be subjected to/come under (close) scrutiny in the weeks before the election.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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