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scrutinized

scrutinized is the simple past and past participle of scrutinize.

Meaning of scrutinize

Verb

scrutinize (third-person singular simple present scrutinizes, present participle scrutinizing, simple past and past participle scrutinized)

  1. (transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.
    • to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals
  2. (transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.

Questions about scrutinized

What is scrutinized the simple past and past participle of?
Scrutinized is the simple past and past participle of scrutinize.

Words near scrutinized in the dictionary

  1. scrutinisingly
  2. scrutinizable
  3. scrutinization
  4. scrutinizations
  5. scrutinize
  6. scrutinized
  7. scrutinizer
  8. scrutinizers
  9. scrutinizes
  10. scrutinizest
  11. scrutinizeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrutinized (page history and authors); scrutinize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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