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scrutinized

[skroot-n-ahyz]

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verb (used with object)

to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.

verb (used without object)

to conduct a scrutiny.

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Also, especially British, scru·ti·nise.

Origin:
1665–75; scrutin(y) + -ize

Related forms

scru·ti·ni·za·tion, noun

scru·ti·niz·er, noun

scru·ti·niz·ing·ly, adverb

re·scru·ti·nize, verb (used with object), -nized, -niz·ing.

self-scru·ti·nized, adjective

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self-scru·ti·niz·ing, adjective

un·scru·ti·nized, adjective

un·scru·ti·niz·ing, adjective

un·scru·ti·niz·ing·ly, adverb

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Synonyms
1, 2. investigate, study, search.

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Example Sentences

Couric will be tested and scrutinized in an outsized way.

On the summer-basketball circuit, he was no less pivotal, and no less scrutinized.

Although online discussions cite anecdotal evidence in support of his claim, it has never been scrutinized scientifically.

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Couric will be tested and scrutinized in an outsized way.

On the summer-basketball circuit, he was no less pivotal, and no less scrutinized.

Although online discussions cite anecdotal evidence in support of his claim, it has never been scrutinized scientifically.

The study team's results haven't yet been published and scrutinized by peers.

Hunt shelved hopes of publication and scrutinized every method and piece of lab equipment used in her experiment.

Apple has been scrutinized for being unclear with developers about its iPhone-app approval process.

The journals' financial model should be scrutinized by the public and the press.

Bad for business or no business, it will be scrutinized.

Using telescopes on the ground and in space, astronomers have heavily scrutinized the system.

But in fact, scientific research grant proposals are highly scrutinized.

Upon returning to the cooler confines of the studio, images were scrutinized.

Their practices are similar to those of the strictly for-profits, but they are not being scrutinized.

The reason is simple, contrary science needs to be scrutinized more because its consequences are greater.

However, if a photo is chosen for publication in the magazine, it will be scrutinized for possible alterations.

Each tiny movement will be scrutinized to check that the rover is not getting itself into deeper trouble.

Many of our readers scrutinized the video and correctly guessed that it was shot by a stationary surveillance system.

Maybe that needs to be scrutinized in the first place.

If a company were not profitable, the compensation would be more legitimately scrutinized.

Suddenly, the researchers were the ones being scrutinized.

Nili and colleagues thoroughly scrutinized the participants who were sliding the snake back and forth.

His team scrutinized every detail with expense in mind.

It is a wonderful world for pilots and those who may not want to be scrutinized by those charged with security.

In other words, random patterns will seem to contain something systematic when scrutinized in many particular ways.

Every few minutes a crew member snaps photos of the sail from digital cameras mounted on the deck, to be scrutinized later.

The fact that evolution is constantly being scrutinized is exactly the beauty of science.

Wisdom, long a subject for philosophers, is now being scrutinized by a cadre of scientific researchers.

They were scrutinized by the colored clerks and usually told that their cases would receive attention.

Early decision should be the next relic in college admissions to be scrutinized and ultimtaely abolished.

Each subject area can be scrutinized and found wanting.

It is scrutinized with state-of-the-art laser mapping technology and is bombarded with constant investigations.

Schultz would have liked to see a separate civil lawsuit in which such claims would be scrutinized in greater detail.

Rowland did anything illegal as he engaged in the aggressive fund-raising that is now being closely scrutinized.

Our governmental budgets must be scrutinized to weed out fraud and waste to ensure that our dollars are spent wisely.

Adults who commit felonies are prohibited from possessing firearms, but juvenile records are not scrutinized in such purchases.

Further, it is important to note that these open journals are not being meaningfully scrutinized by anyone.

The people are as much to blame as the reporters/editors who are now being scrutinized for their conduct.

So with that philosophy in mind the show was scrutinized on different levels.

Cartoons were scrutinized carefully, and an artist might have to re-draw numerous times before acceptance.

Too many toxins invested by man have not been scrutinized for their impact on us and our children.

Alibek explained that he had been scrutinized and consulted, and given a polygraph after the anthrax mailings.

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Word Origin & History

scrutinize

1670s, from scrutiny (q.v.). Related: Scrutinizing.

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