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

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

From a distance, the scenes seemed like classical interpretations of the Stations, but on closer inspection things became a little stranger. — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026

One night in a typical testing session, two scientists discover that one of the rats appears to have died, but on closer inspection, its heartbeat is strikingly robust. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for on closer inspection

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