- careful and complete examination synonym inspection
- Her argument doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
- Foreign policy has come under close scrutiny recently.
- The documents should be available for public scrutiny.
- The situation is bound to come under the scrutiny of the public health authorities.
Extra Examples- The company has come under intense scrutiny because of its environmental record.
- The testimony of the chief witness doesn't bear scrutiny.
- The regulations have been subject to intense scrutiny.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- careful
- close
- critical
- …
- be subjected to
- come under
- submit to
- …
- under scrutiny
- scrutiny by
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin scrutinium, from scrutari ‘to search’ (originally ‘sort rubbish’, from scruta ‘rubbish’). Early use referred to the taking of individual votes in an election procedure.
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