on closer inspection
idiom
: when examined more closely
On closer inspection, the painting proved to be a fake.
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But on closer inspection, there may not have been much of a transformation at all.
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Sanjena Sathian, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
But on closer inspection, there seemed to be a very subtle short-term variation – a flicker that occurred every three hours.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2025
But while public trust in general seems to be resilient, that finding becomes more complex on closer inspection.
—Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025
Finally, even the success stories tend to fall apart on closer inspection.
—Séverine Autesserre, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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Sanjena Sathian, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
But on closer inspection, there seemed to be a very subtle short-term variation – a flicker that occurred every three hours.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2025
But while public trust in general seems to be resilient, that finding becomes more complex on closer inspection.
—Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025
Finally, even the success stories tend to fall apart on closer inspection.
—Séverine Autesserre, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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“On closer inspection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20closer%20inspection. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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