To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals
scru·ti·nize scrutinizes scrutinizing scrutinized in BRIT, also use scrutinise If you scrutinize something, you examine it very carefully, often to find out some information from it or about it. Her purpose was to scrutinize his features to see if he was an honest man. to examine someone or something very carefully