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Definition of Scrutinise
1. Verb. To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. "The customs agents scrutinise the bags for drugs "; "He scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"
Generic synonyms: Examine, See
Derivative terms: Scrutiniser, Scrutiny, Scrutiny, Scrutinizer, Scrutiny, Scrutiny
2. Verb. Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification. "Audit accounts and tax returns"
Generic synonyms: Analyse, Analyze, Canvas, Canvass, Examine, Study
Derivative terms: Audit, Auditor, Inspector, Scrutiniser, Scrutiny, Scrutiny, Scrutinizer, Scrutiny, Scrutiny
Definition of Scrutinise
1. Verb. (transitive) To examine something with great care. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrutinise
1. [v -NISED, -NISING, -NISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrutinise
Literary usage of Scrutinise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of My Own Timesby James Wilkinson by James Wilkinson (1816)
"I pray you to scrutinise the subject, and to surmount the difficulty without a
pause. You have an admirable resort by marching your main body through the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Neither does it explain the English sean, to examine, to scrutinise,—still less
... To sean a verse, to examine or scrutinise whether it contains the proper ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Neither does it explain the English lean, to examine, to scrutinise,—still less
... To lean a verse, to examine or scrutinise whether it contains the proper ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"... and we may sometimes think it well to accept his excuse of "the difficulty of
silence where the chronicler has had to scrutinise a character under many ..."
5. Property and Contract in Their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth by Richard Theodore Ely, Samuel Peter Orth, Willford Isbell King (1914)
"Our courts are inclined to scrutinise "trusts" with great jealousy, and endeavour
to scrutinise strictly "substitutes for entailment". ..."
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