What is another word for scrutinizes?

Pronunciation: [skɹˈuːtɪnˌa͡ɪzɪz] (IPA)

Scrutinizes is a verb that stands for examining or inspecting something closely and thoroughly. Some synonyms that can be used instead of scrutinizes include analyzing, inspecting, surveying, observing, studying, examining, and scrutinizing. All these synonyms mean going through something in detail, examining it, and understanding it thoroughly. For instance, analyzing refers to breaking something down into its smaller parts to understand it better while inspecting means examining something carefully to identify any faults or problems. Surveying means observing something from a distance while studying mainly refers to researching and understanding something in depth. Overall, all these words capture the essence of scrutinizing something in one way or the other.

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Usage examples for Scrutinizes

Whatever method of expression may have been employed by higher authority, the commander will facilitate his appreciation of the assigned objective if he now sets down his assigned task, scrutinizes it carefully, and then makes note of the objective which is either specifically or inferentially indicated by that task.
"Sound Military Decision"
U.s. Naval War College
In any event the commander now scrutinizes his selected course of action to ensure that its expression conveys exactly the meaning which he has in mind.
"Sound Military Decision"
U.s. Naval War College
She had inherited the kindly shrewdness of glance characteristic of gentlefolk, the glance that seeks to penetrate externals in its concern for the well-being of those whom it scrutinizes.
"The Inside of the Cup, Volume 5"
Winston Churchill

Famous quotes with Scrutinizes

  • There are two modes of criticism. One which crushes to earth without mercy all the humble buds of Phantasy, all the plants that, though green and fruitful, are also a prey to insects or have suffered by drought. It weeds well the garden, and cannot believe the weed in its native soil may be a pretty, graceful plant. There is another mode which enters into the natural history of every thing that breathes and lives, which believes no impulse to be entirely in vain, which scrutinizes circumstances, motive and object before it condemns, and believes there is a beauty in natural form, if its law and purpose be understood.
    Margaret Fuller
  • There are two modes of criticism. One which … crushes to earth without mercy all the humble buds of Phantasy, all the plants that, though green and fruitful, are also a prey to insects or have suffered by drouthThere is another mode which enters into the natural history of every thing that breathes and lives, which believes no impulse to be entirely in vain, which scrutinizes circumstances, motive and object before it condemns, and believes there is a beauty in natural form, if its law and purpose be understood.
    Margaret Fuller
  • We do not inhabit a perfected world where natural selection ruthlessly scrutinizes all organic structures and then molds them for optimal utility. Organisms inherit a body form and a style of embryonic development; these impose constraints upon future change and adaptation. In many cases, evolutionary pathways reflect inherited patterns more than current environmental demands. These inheritances constrain, but they also provide opportunity. A potentially minor genetic change […] entails a host of complex, nonadaptive consequences. […] What “play” would evolution have if each structure were built for a restricted purpose and could be used for nothing else? How could humans learn to write if our brain had not evolved for hunting, social cohesion, or whatever, and could not transcend the adaptive boundaries of its original purpose?
    Stephen Jay Gould

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