Meanings
verbscrutinize (third-person singular simple present scrutinizes, present participle scrutinizing, simple past and past participle scrutinized)
present singular third person scrutinizes · participle present scrutinizing · participle past scrutinized · past scrutinized · alternative scrutinise
- transitiveTo examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.
to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals
2 more examples
whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize
1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLCThose pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face the closest.
1879, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days
Synonyms & antonyms
verbto look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
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verbexamine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian изследвам подробно
- изследвам подробно (izsledvam podrobno)to examine with great care
Catalan escrutar
- escrutarto examine with great care
Czech prohlédnout, prověřovat
- prohlédnoutto examine with great care
- prověřovatto examine with great care
Danish granske
- gransketo examine with great care
Esperanto trarigardi
- trarigardito examine with great care
Finnish tarkastaa, tutkia tarkasti
- tarkastaato examine with great care
- tutkia tarkastito examine with great care
- tutkia tarkointo examine with great care
- tarkastellato examine with great care
- tarkastaato audit accounts
French scruter, dépouiller
- scruterto examine with great care
- dépouillerto audit accounts
German gründlich prüfen, hinterfragen
- gründlich prüfento examine with great care
- hinterfragento examine with great care
- gewissenhaft überprüfento examine with great care
- ergründento examine with great care
- zerlegento examine with great care
- zerpflückento examine with great care
Greek περιεργάζομαι, κοιτάω από πάνω μέχρι κάτω
- περιεργάζομαι (periergázomai)to examine with great care
- κοιτάω από πάνω μέχρι κάτω (koitáo apó páno méchri káto)to examine with great care
Hungarian tüzetesen megvizsgál
- tüzetesen megvizsgálto examine with great care
Icelandic gaumgæfa
- gaumgæfato examine with great care
Irish iniúch
- iniúchto examine with great care
Italian esaminare, indagare
- esaminareto examine with great care
- indagareto examine with great care
Japanese 精査する, 眇める
- 精査する (seisa-suru)to examine with great care
- 眇める (sugameru)to examine with great care
Latin scrūtor
- scrūtorto examine with great care
Malay meneliti, menyelidiki
- menelitito examine with great care
- menyelidikito examine with great care
Māori whakatātare, whakatare
- whakatātareto examine with great care
- whakatareto examine with great care
- whakataretareto examine with great care
- matawaito examine with great care
- arotake pūteato audit accounts
Norwegian granske
- gransketo examine with great care
Portuguese escrutinar, escrutinizar
- escrutinarto examine with great care
- escrutinizarto examine with great care
- esquadrinharto examine with great care
- perscrutarto examine with great care
- perquirirto examine with great care
- esmiuçarto examine with great care
Russian тща́тельно проверя́ть, тща́тельно иссле́довать
- тща́тельно проверя́ть (tščátelʹno proverjátʹ)to examine with great care
- тща́тельно иссле́довать (tščátelʹno isslédovatʹ)to examine with great care
Slovak preveriť, preskúmať
- preveriťto examine with great care
- preskúmaťto examine with great care
Spanish escrutar, escudriñar
- escrutarto examine with great care
- escudriñarto examine with great care
- escrudiñarto examine with great care
- escrutiñarto examine with great care
- zahoriarto examine with great care
Swedish granska, mönstra
- granskato examine with great care
- mönstrato examine with great care
- nagelfarato examine with great care
- skärskådato examine with great care
- lusläsato examine with great care
- synato examine with great care
Tagalog balukitkitin, balukitkitin
- balukitkitinto examine with great care
- balukitkitinto audit accounts
Turkish irdelemek, tetkik etmek
- irdelemekto examine with great care
- tetkik etmekto examine with great care
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APA
scrutinize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrutinize
MLA
“scrutinize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrutinize. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrutinize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrutinize.
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