overanalyze

verb

over·​an·​a·​lyze ˌō-vər-ˈa-nə-ˌlīz 

overanalyzed; overanalyzing

transitive + intransitive

: to analyze (someone or something) excessively

… highlighting how being able to remember (and then overanalyze) past social situations can lead to distress.

—Kelsey Dallas

When winners feel doubt, they manage themselves—as fast as possible—away from the overwhelming tendency to hesitate, overthink, and overanalyze.

—Larry Weidel

Examples of overanalyze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For some people, overanalyzing options and anticipating bad things that could happen in the future is a symptom of anxiety. —Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025

The connective tissue of all of these trade-deadline swaps — stadium-rock drummers of a certain age who are now in greater demand than ever — lends itself to overanalyzing how bizarre the timing is and overlapping factors for dismissal. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025

So the next time life hands you something unexpected, a shift in direction, a surprise offer, a new connection that lights you up, don’t overanalyze. —Shelley Zalis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

The prospect of a meeting left Elordi, a huge fan of del Toro’s, overanalyzing everything. —Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overanalyze

• contextualize
• industrialize
• materialise
• materialize
• memorialize
• microenterprise
• overemphasize
• particularize
• revolutionise
• revolutionize
• actualize
• antagonize