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scru·ti·ny

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–noun, plural -nies.

1.	a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.

2.	surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding.

3.	a close and searching look.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L scrūtinium the action of searching, of scrutinizing, deriv. of scrūtārī to search

]

—Synonyms 1. See examination.

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scru·ti·ny Audio Help (skrōōt'n-ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. scru·ti·nies

A close, careful examination or study.
Close observation; surveillance.

[Middle English scrutinie, taking of a formal vote, from Latin scrūtinium, inquiry, search, from scrūtārī, to search, examine, from scrūta, trash.]

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scrutiny

1415, "a vote to choose someone to decide a question," from L.L. scrutinium "a search, inquiry," from L. scrutari "to examine, search" (as through trash), from scruta (pl.) "trash, rags." Meaning "close examination" first recorded 1604.

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scrutiny
noun
1.	the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) [syn: examination]
2.	a prolonged intense look

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scrutiny [ˈskruːtəni] noun

careful, detailed examination or inspection
Example: Famous people live their lives under continuous public scrutiny.

Arabic:	تَفَحُّص
Chinese (Simplified):	仔细检查
Chinese (Traditional):	仔細檢查
Czech:	bedlivá pozornost
Danish:	granskning
Dutch:	nauwkeurig toezicht
Estonian:	järelevalve
Finnish:	tarkkailu
French:	examen minutieux
German:	prüfender Blick
Greek:	εξονυχιστικός έλεγχος, σχολαστική επιθεώρηση
Hungarian:	alapos megvizsgálás
Icelandic:	nákvæm athugun, *rannsókn
Indonesian:	pengamatan
Italian:	(esame minuzioso)

Japanese:	せんさく
Korean:	면밀한 음미
Latvian:	ciešs skatiens; rūpīga vērošana; apskate; pārbaude
Lithuanian:	stebėjimas, tyrimas
Norwegian:	gransking, saumfaring
Polish:	dokładne badanie, baczna obserwacja
Portuguese (Brazil):	exame minucioso
Portuguese (Portugal):	fiscalização
Romanian:	examinare minuţioasă
Russian:	внимательное изучение
Slovak:	dohľad, skúmavý pohľad
Slovenian:	natančen pregled
Spanish:	examen detallado, escrutinio, recuento
Swedish:	noggrann undersökning, nära granskning
Turkish:	dikkatli inceleme

See also: scrutinize, scrutinise

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scrutiny

In*scru"ta*ble\, a. [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.] Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event.

'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is inscrutable. --Beau. & Fl.

Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. --De Quincey.

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Scrutiny

Scru"ti*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrutinized; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrutinizing.] [From Scrutiny.] To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.

Whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize. --Ayliffe.

Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face the closest. --G. W. Cable.

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