SCRUTINY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrutiny mean? 

• SCRUTINY (noun)
  The noun SCRUTINY has 2 senses:

1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

2. a prolonged intense look

  Familiarity information: SCRUTINY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRUTINY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

examination; scrutiny

Hypernyms ("scrutiny" is a kind of...):

investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrutiny"):

endoscopy (visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope)

bank examination (an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner)

inspection; review (a formal or official examination)

motion study; time-and-motion study; time-motion study; time and motion study; time study; work study (an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort)

testing (an examination of the characteristics of something)

study; survey (a detailed critical inspection)

search (boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas)

scan (the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region)

rhinoscopy (examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx))

keratoscopy (examination of the cornea with a keratoscope to detect irregularities in its anterior surface)

gonioscopy (an examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea; it is used to distinguish between open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma)

audit (a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation)

palpation; tactual exploration (a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional))

ophthalmoscopy (examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope)

look-over; once-over (a swift cursory examination or inspection)

going-over (a careful and thorough inspection)

follow-up; followup; reexamination; review (a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment)

fine-tooth comb; fine-toothed comb (a method of examining in minute detail)

comparing; comparison (the act of examining resemblances)

checkup; health check; medical; medical checkup; medical exam; medical examination (a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person)

autopsy; necropsy; PM; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; postmortem examination (an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease)

Derivation:

scrutineer (someone who examines votes at an election)

scrutinise (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)

scrutinise (to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail)

scrutinize (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)

scrutinize (to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A prolonged intense look

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scrutiny" is a kind of...):

look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)

Derivation:

scrutineer (someone who examines votes at an election)

scrutinise (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)

scrutinise (to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail)

scrutinize (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)

scrutinize (to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail)

 Context examples 

Holmes turned away smiling from the keen scrutiny of those wonderful eyes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What's more, the results were largely unchanged after further testing, suggesting that the findings withstand scrutiny.

(Possible link found between sugary drinks, cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

`Oumuamua — the first interstellar object discovered within our Solar System — has been the subject of intense scrutiny since its discovery in October 2017.

(ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost, ESO)

After a searching scrutiny, the animal trotted forward a few steps.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I saw a double meaning, then, in Mr. Wickfield's scrutiny of me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A scholarly process that subjects an author's work or ideas to the scrutiny of one or more others who are experts in the field.

(Peer Review, NCI Thesaurus)

Methodology used by the FDA to establish what is or isn't 'safe' has been subject to scrutiny from a number of scientists.

(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We were conscious of a long scrutiny out of the darkness.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"So much?" was the doubtful answer; and he prolonged his scrutiny for some minutes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

According to the rules of IUPAC, the four names — nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson — are to be subject to a five-month period of public scrutiny which ends November 2016.

(IUPAC proposes four new chemical element names, Wikinews)