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Definition of Scrutiny
1. Noun. The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes).
Specialized synonyms: Audit, Autopsy, Necropsy, Pm, Post-mortem, Post-mortem Examination, Postmortem, Postmortem Examination, Checkup, Health Check, Medical, Medical Checkup, Medical Exam, Medical Examination, Comparing, Comparison, Fine-tooth Comb, Fine-toothed Comb, Follow-up, Followup, Reexamination, Review, Going-over, Look-over, Once-over, Ophthalmoscopy, Palpation, Tactual Exploration, Endoscopy, Gonioscopy, Keratoscopy, Rhinoscopy, Scan, Search, Study, Survey, Testing, Motion Study, Time And Motion Study, Time Study, Time-and-motion Study, Time-motion Study, Work Study, Inspection, Review, Bank Examination
Generic synonyms: Investigating, Investigation
Derivative terms: Examine, Scrutineer, Scrutinise, Scrutinise, Scrutinize, Scrutinize
2. Noun. A prolonged intense look.
Derivative terms: Scrutineer, Scrutinise, Scrutinise, Scrutinize, Scrutinize
Definition of Scrutiny
1. n. Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
2. v. t. To scrutinize.
Definition of Scrutiny
1. Noun. Intense study of someone or something. ¹
2. Noun. Thorough inspection of a situation or a case. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrutiny
1. a close examination [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrutiny
Literary usage of Scrutiny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"The scrutiny for this nomination is daily examined, and remains open as long as
the scrutinies for the election of the deputy of the college. ..."
2. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1857)
"In opposing these the Master of the Rolls took the lead, and he contended "that
the scrutiny was perfectly legal; that it might be continued after the ..."
3. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1878)
"In opposing these the Master of the Rolls took the lead, and he contended " that
the scrutiny was perfectly legal ; that it might be continued after the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"But Ordinary Rule of Close scrutiny Prevails.—But the ordinary rule that the
claims of relatives against an insolvent estate should be closely scrutinized ..."
5. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus, Ralph Francis Kerr (1891)
"The second scrutiny gave a like result, but the votes which had been given to
Capranica and ... On the occasion of the third scrutiny ..."
6. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"CAUSES RELATING TO A scrutiny ... before entering upon the archonship, had to
pass a scrutiny (So/a- ..."
7. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"CAUSES RELATING TO A scrutiny (δοκιμασία) BEFORE THE SENATE ; ESPECIALLY OF ...
also had to pass a scrutiny; and the present speech is made to the Senate in ..."
8. A Study of Ethical Principles by James Seth (1894)
"Life itself the Moral is such a scrutiny ; human history is one long process ...
1^™^ But the scrutiny of history is largely, though by no means tions "fit- ..."
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