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scrutiny::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | examination |
| Type of | investigating, investigation |
| Has types | comparison, endoscopy, fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb, follow-up, followup, going-over, gonioscopy, health check, inspection, keratoscopy, look-over, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination, motion study, necropsy, once-over, ophthalmoscopy, palpation, pm, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination, reexamination, review, rhinoscopy, scan, search, study, survey, tactual exploration, testing, time-and-motion study, time-motion study, time and motion study, time study, audit, work study, autopsy, bank examination, checkup, comparing |
| Derivation | scrutineer, scrutinise, scrutinize |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | looking at, look, looking |
| Derivation | scrutineer, scrutinise, scrutinize |
Examples of scrutiny
scrutiny
He realizes that's much tougher scrutiny than any provided by the fans or media.
From the post-gazette.com
In the year since the U.S. invasion, that question has received little scrutiny.
From the businessweek.com
Applicants with relatives abroad should still be subject to heightened scrutiny.
From the businessweek.com
If he piles up points on a helpless opponent, he can't quite grasp the scrutiny.
From the sfgate.com
Even the President has come under scrutiny for his slow response to the scandal.
From the time.com
Juries should be sheltered from political or sensationalised scrutiny, they say.
From the economist.com
Once again this perennially struggling Delta hamlet finds itself under scrutiny.
From the sacbee.com
The other batting place which is under most scrutiny is that of Kevin Pietersen.
From the independent.co.uk
Driving styles will come under scrutiny, unlike any time in the Bridgestone era.
From the independent.co.uk
- Examination: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- A prolonged intense look
- Scrutiny (Fr. scrutin, Late Lat. scrutinium, from scrutari, to search or examine thoroughly) is a careful examination or inquiry (often implying the search for a likely mistake or failure). ...
- Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review was a literature periodical founded in 1932 by F. R. Leavis, who remained its principal editor until the final issue in 1953. Other editors include Lionel Charles Knights and Harold Andrew Mason.
- Thorough inspection of a situation or a case
- (scrutinous) thorough, careful, strict
- (Scrutinized) When I had finished, Lord Nobutora scrutinized me silently, then he nodded as if he were agreeing with some thought that had just occurred to him. ...
- The checking and counting of ballot papers to ascertain the result of an election.
- The process following the close of polling. Acceptability of votes is determined and the votes are sorted and counted to determine the outcome of the election.
