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scrutinize

scru.ti.nize \'skru:t-*n-.i-z\ vt : to examine closely : INSPECT to make a 
   scrutiny ook at critically or searchingly. SCRUTINIZE stresses close 
   attention to minute detail; SCAN implies a surveying from point to point 
   often suggesting a cursory overall observation; INSPECT implies 
   scrutinizing for errors or defects; EXAMINE suggests a scrutiny in order to 
   determine the nature, condition, or quality of a thing - scru.ti.niz.er n 
   SYN syn SCRUTINIZE, SCAN, INSPECT, EXAMINE mean to l