scrutinizing
精査する
解説 Definition
scrutinizing は scrutinize（精査する、細かく調べる）の動名詞・現在分詞です。書類・データ・行動などを注意深く詳しく確認している状態を表します。
The present participle or gerund of “scrutinize,” meaning to examine documents, data, behavior, or other details very carefully in order to find errors, problems, or significant information.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 scrutinize に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を落として scrutinizing となります。「ざっと見る」ではなく、数値・契約書・証拠などを誤りや問題がないか細部まで調べる場面を結び付けましょう。under scrutiny（精査されて）も同じ語族です。
Scrutinizing is formed from scrutinize by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Connect it with scrutiny, the noun for close and careful examination. Imagine an editor checking every figure, a lawyer reading every clause, or a researcher looking for errors in survey results. Unlike simply looking at something, scrutinizing suggests deliberate attention to small details, often because accuracy or hidden problems matter. The usual pattern is “scrutinizing something for errors,” while “under scrutiny” describes something being closely examined.
例文
The editor is scrutinizing every figure before the report is published.
編集者は報告書が公開される前に、すべての数値を精査しています。
They spent the afternoon scrutinizing the survey results for errors.
彼らは午後を使って、調査結果に誤りがないか精査しました。
By scrutinizing the contract carefully, the lawyer noticed a missing date.
契約書を注意深く精査したことで、弁護士は日付の抜けに気づきました。
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scrutinizing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語scrutinium（精密な調査）から派生し、さらにscrutari（くまなく探す）が語源。元はscruta（がらくた・古着）を漁る行為を指した。関連語にscrutiny（精査）、inscrutable（不可解な）がある。ごみの山を隅々まで調べる様子が「細かく吟味する」意味に発展した。
Scrutinizing is the -ing form of scrutinize. Scrutinize came through the noun scrutiny from Latin scrutinium, “a search or investigation,” related to scrutari, “to search thoroughly.” That verb was associated with scruta, discarded objects or old clothes, suggesting the careful searching of miscellaneous material. The modern English form retains the sense of examining something closely and systematically.
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