A "closer look" means examining something more carefully to understand details. It suggests pausing to study facts, features, or claims beyond a first impression.
When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own. John D. MacDonald
I've been taking a closer look at these graduates. They are actually taller, stronger, smarter than we were, smart enough maybe to take our mistakes as their messages, to make our weaknesses their lessons, and to make our example - good and not so good - part of their education. Mario Cuomo
And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - reporters and members of the general public alike - a closer look at how their government works. Roy Barnes
If someone's different from you and it scares you or makes you mad, that's God telling you to take a closer look. If you're scared or mad, that's about you, not about the person who scares you or angers you. Chris Crutcher