- under close scrutiny
- Someone or something that is under (close) scrutiny is being watched or examined carefully.
The police are keeping the suspect under close scrutiny.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
under close scrutiny
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under (close)scrutiny — Someone or something that is under (close) scrutiny is being watched or examined carefully. The police are keeping the suspect under close scrutiny … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
scrutiny — UK US /ˈskruːtɪni/ noun [U] ► the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it: be subjected to/come under scrutiny »The figures are likely to come under close scrutiny … Financial and business terms
close — close1 [ klouz ] verb *** ▸ 1 shut ▸ 2 when business stops ▸ 3 stop use of road etc. ▸ 4 end/finish ▸ 5 reduce distance ▸ 6 stop business relations ▸ 7 finish business deal ▸ 8 put fingers around something ▸ 9 have value at end of day ▸ 10 join… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
close — I UK [kləʊz] / US [kloʊz] verb Word forms close : present tense I/you/we/they close he/she/it closes present participle closing past tense closed past participle closed *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] if you close something, or if it closes,… … English dictionary
scrutiny, scrutinize — To scrutinize something means to look at it with particular attentiveness. Thus qualifying words like close or careful are nearly always superfluous, as here: But for all the good he did, Roosevelt did much that wouldn t bear close scrutiny… … Dictionary of troublesome word
scrutiny, scrutinize — To scrutinize something means to look at it with particular attentiveness. Thus qualifying words like close or careful are nearly always superfluous, as here: But for all the good he did, Roosevelt did much that wouldn t bear close scrutiny… … Dictionary of troublesome word
close — I SHUTTING OR COMPLETING ♦ closes, closing, closed (Pronounced [[t]klo͟ʊz[/t]] in close 1 and 3, and [[t]klo͟ʊs[/t]] in close 2 and 4.) 1) V ERG When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or… … English dictionary
under the microscope — adverb Under close scrutiny or examination. After his productivity flagged, his boss put him under the microscope to try to isolate and correct the problem … Wiktionary
scrutiny — n. 1) to bear scrutiny (his record will not bear close scrutiny) 2) close, strict; constant scrutiny 3) open to scrutiny 4) under scrutiny (under constant scrutiny) * * * [ skruːtɪnɪ] constant scrutiny strict close open to scrutiny to bear… … Combinatory dictionary
scrutiny — 01. It must be frustrating sometimes for celebrities to have their lives under constant [scrutiny] by the media. 02. This government has to open itself to public [scrutiny] to win back the voters trust. 03. The private lives of politicians often… … Grammatical examples in English
