All 15 Uses
scrutiny
in
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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- Thirty years ago the regular arrival of the flower was the object of much scrutiny—at the National Forensic Laboratory, among fingerprint experts, graphologists, criminal investigators, and one or two relatives and friends of the recipient.†
Chpt Prol.scrutiny = careful look or inspection
- The lawyer scrutinised Salander with searching eyes, and Armansky noticed that for the first time since she began her report, the client was showing more than a polite interest.†
Chpt 1.2unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinized.
- He fell silent and took off his glasses, scrutinising some invisible speck of dirt on the lens.†
Chpt 1.6unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinizing.
- Because of their relationship, he came under close scrutiny.
Chpt 2.8 *scrutiny = inspection
- Every detail of the opinion was scrutinised, and the doctor was required to explain the scientific basis for each statement.†
Chpt 2.9unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinized.
- The old man scrutinised him with a penetrating look.†
Chpt 3.15
- For the next couple of hours he enlarged each one and scrutinised it one square inch at a time.†
Chpt 3.16
- She had scrutinised his finances down to the last öre.†
Chpt 3.17
- They ate in silence, scrutinising each other.†
Chpt 3.18unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinizing.
- She scrutinised him for a long moment.†
Chpt 4.26unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinized.
- The old man scrutinised her from top to toe.†
Chpt 4.27
- The fixed Swedish assets were unassailable and genuine, available to public scrutiny, balance sheets, and audits.†
Chpt 4.29scrutiny = careful look or inspection
- For at least twenty years many financial reporters have refrained from scrutinising Hans-Erik Wennerström.†
Chpt Epil.unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinizing.
- During the following weeks, as Millennium's documentation was scrutinised, pulled apart, and pieced together again, the Wennerström empire of obscure companies was linked to the heart of the international Mafia, including everything from illegal arms dealing and money laundering for South American drug cartels to prostitution in New York, and even indirectly to the child sex trade in Mexico.†
Chpt Epil.unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinized.
- The Vanger Corporation won't have a free pass from scrutiny.†
Chpt Epil.scrutiny = careful look or inspection
Definitions:
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(1)
(scrutiny) careful examination of something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)