on closer inspection

phrase

: when examined more closely

On closer inspection, the painting proved to be a fake.

Examples of on closer inspection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their efforts appear to be paying off, and media reports say the damage remains mostly visible on closer inspection. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

What reads at a casual distance as serene maternal tenderness shifts, on closer inspection, into something more ambivalent—a shade of melancholy that surfaces only when the eye lingers on Mary’s face. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Shower Caddies and Plastic Bath Toys If shower caddies and bath toys regularly fall off your cleaning radar, but on closer inspection, need some care, go ahead and dedicate a dishwashing session to them. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026

Much of what couples experience as conflict is, on closer inspection, a disagreement about which interpretation of an ambiguous event is the correct one, and that disagreement is rarely settled by appeals to trust. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Rhymes for on closer inspection

• abjection
• advection
• affection
• bijection
• bisection
• collection
• complexion
• confection
• connection
• connexion
• convection
• correction