Word of the day
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Scrutinize
What it means
- verb
To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.
“to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals”
- verb
To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.
Where it comes from
Scrutinize comes from Latin scrutari, to search, possibly from scruta, trash or rags: to pick through carefully. To scrutinize is to look that closely.
In a sentence
- We're going to scrutinize everything.by CM, Tatoeba
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