vt to scrutinize.
2. scrutiny ·noun close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
3. scrutiny ·noun a ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
4. scrutiny ·noun an examination of catechumens, in the last week of lent, who were to receive baptism on easter day.
5. scrutiny ·noun an examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.