1. to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; - Example: "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" [syn: size up, take stock, scrutinize, scrutinise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
size up
v 1: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail;
"he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" [syn: size
up, take stock, scrutinize, scrutinise]