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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCRU'TINIZE, v.t. [from scrutiny.] To search closely; to examine or inquire into critically; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the private conduct or motives of individuals.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" [syn: size up, take stock, scrutinize, scrutinise]
2: examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns" [syn: audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-nized; -nizing) Date: 1671 transitive verb to examine closely and minutely intransitive verb to make a scrutiny • scrutinizer noun Synonyms: scrutinize, scan, inspect, examine mean to look at or over. scrutinize stresses close attention to minute detail <scrutinized the hospital bill>. scan implies a surveying from point to point often suggesting a cursory overall observation <scanned the wine list>. inspect implies scrutinizing for errors or defects <inspected my credentials>. examine suggests a scrutiny in order to determine the nature, condition, or quality of a thing <examined the specimens>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) look closely at; examine with close scrutiny. Derivatives: scrutinizer n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scrutinize 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scrutinize Scru"ti*nize, v. i. To make scrutiny.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scrutinizes, scrutinizing, scrutinized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'scrutinise' If you scrutinize something, you examine it very carefully, often to find out some information from it or about it. Her purpose was to scrutinize his features to see if he was an honest man... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Examine, investigate, search, canvass, study, sift, explore, overhaul, probe, dissect, look into, search into, pry into, inquire into.

Moby Thesaurus

attend to business, autopsy, be alert, be obsessed with, canvass, check, check out, check over, check up on, concentrate on, contemplate, dissect, examine, examine thoroughly, eye, fix on, focus on, give an examination, give heed, give the eye, give the once-over, go deep into, go over, go through, hard look, inspect, investigate, leer, leer at, look at, look closely at, look lively, look out, look over, look sharp, miss nothing, monitor, observe, ogle, ogle at, overhaul, overlook, pass over, pass under review, pay attention, pay heed, peer at, perlustrate, perscrutate, peruse, pore, pore over, postmortem, probe, review, run over, scan, set an examination, sift, size, size up, study, survey, take a long, take care, take heed, take stock of, take the measure, vet, watch out