under scrutiny
idiom
formal
: being carefully examined especially in a critical way
Their behavior is under scrutiny again.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
And a group of FBI agents who were under scrutiny for their roles in the investigation of the Capitol riot have also filed a lawsuit to challenge that investigation.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The 2024 return is the first look at spending details for the A3 Foundation, which has been under scrutiny after a series of Herald articles this year raised questions about its public funding.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Under scrutiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20scrutiny. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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