under observation

idiom

: being watched carefully

The plants seem to have recovered from the disease, but they are still under observation.

Examples of under observation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Baptist minister, social activist and former U.S. presidential candidate was admitted to the hospital earlier this month to be under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects balance, movement and eye motion. —Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025

Any horse that has been exposed to the virus needs to quarantine and remain under observation for at least 14 days. —Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Nov. 2025

Jackson, 84, was admitted to a hospital on Nov. 12 under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, his civil rights organization, said in a statement. —Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025

If possible, patients should contact their insurer, in addition to asking the hospital’s billing department: Are you being fully admitted, or kept under observation status, and why? —Kff Health News, Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for under observation

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization