Word.ws English Dictionary

scrutinizes

scrutinizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scrutinizes

What is scrutinizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrutinizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrutinize.

Words near scrutinizes in the dictionary

  1. scrutinizations
  2. scrutinize
  3. scrutinized
  4. scrutinizer
  5. scrutinizers
  6. scrutinizes
  7. scrutinizest
  8. scrutinizeth
  9. scrutinizing
  10. scrutinizingly
  11. scrutinous

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scrutinizes (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “scrutinizes.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/scrutinizes. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.