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third-person singular simple present scrutinizes, present participle scrutinizing, simple past and past participle scrutinized
(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws. quotations examples
whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize
1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […]
Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face the closest.
1879, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days
(transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them. examples