How to Use scrutinize in a Sentence

scrutinize

verb

• I closely scrutinized my opponent's every move.
• Her performance was carefully scrutinized by her employer.
• Many states have not yet had the chance to scrutinize the deal.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2021
• There will be much to scrutinize Biden over in the years to come.
  — Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
• The shooting already has been scrutinized by the council and the public.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
• Who would have thought a beer name could ever be scrutinized so much?
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 23 Apr. 2020
• That’s why the banks’ forecasts for the year ahead will be closely scrutinized.
  — Tom Hudson, miamiherald, 12 Jan. 2018
• The Free Press confirmed with two sources that the post was the one being scrutinized.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
• This is a good day to scrutinize your finances and make some decisions.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• So the performance of this gadget will be scrutinized first.
  — Fortune, 1 May 2018
• Those plans are scrutinized and modified to fit the emotional structure of the film from scene to scene.
  — Hugh Hart, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2020
• The authors also scrutinize museums that deal with the thieves who steal their art.
  — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
• The prison system has long been scrutinized by the left for its overcrowding problem.
  — Fox News, 9 May 2020
• Other governors have had their use of the state plane scrutinized.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2019
• Sanders’ health will also be scrutinized at the debate.
  — Philip Elliott / Columbus, Time, 16 Oct. 2019
• His play from game to game is scrutinized, but not without reason.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• Intrepid fans scrutinize each new snippet of footage frame by frame to find clues about the show's future.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 24 Oct. 2021
• Freshman Jake Allen was scrutinized at the end of his high school career.
  — Ryan Ginn, ajc, 18 Dec. 2017
• Few new coaching hires will be as scrutinized as the one at Arizona State.
  — Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 June 2018
• We are allowed to obtain, inspect and even scrutinize these records.
  — Steven Potter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022
• So far, the direction of travel for search is clear: scrutinize sources less and trust what you’re told more.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 9 Feb. 2023
• Facebook lawyers spent a year scrutinizing the law’s lengthy text.
  — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
• Those projects had the support of regents when they were created but now are being scrutinized.
  — Matthew Watkins, star-telegram.com, 20 May 2017
• And yet, by and large, YouTube’s game plan of giving less to scrutinize has worked.
  — Evelyn Douek, Wired, 17 Nov. 2020
• Researchers then scrutinized the footage frame by frame to watch how the muscles on the pooches' faces moved in each new situation.
  — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 21 Oct. 2017
• Some scrutinize their own world for clues, while others look out at the farthest horizons.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
• Some of those partnerships have been scrutinized in recent years.
  — Lev Facher, STAT, 17 Apr. 2020
• Now two books further scrutinize different aspects of the man.
  — Marcia Bartusiak, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
• The project scrutinized past and present officers at eight departments.
  — Scott Calvert, WSJ, 20 June 2019
• Four bills were proposed this session to scrutinize teachers’ lessons plans and give parents more say in what is taught in the classroom.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024