inspect

Verb

Meaning

To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.

To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.

Inspection.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

audit scrutinize study test visit review survey check observe monitor investigate examine probe evaluate analyze
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Antonyms

allow avoid assume ignore approve conjecture
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Hypernyms

see study examine analyze analyse canvass

Hyponyms

case review survey vet perambulate go over

Phrases with the word

inspect loosely inspect carefully

Derivatives

inspected inspecting

Examples

We cannot rely on mass inspection to improve quality, though there are times when 100 percent inspection is necessary. As Harold S. Dodge said many years ago, 'You cannot inspect quality into a product.' The quality is there or it isn't by the time it's inspected. W. Edwards Deming

Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs! Diana Wynne Jones

Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold. What does the scientist have to offer in exchange? Uncertainty! Insecurity! Isaac Asimov

People don't do what you expect but what you inspect. Louis V. Gerstner

Could Hope inspect her Basis Her Craft were done - Has a fictitious Charter Or it has none -Balked in the vastest instance But to renew - Felled but by one assassin - Prosperity -. Emily Dickinson

Don't expect. Inspect. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

inspanning inspeak inspecific inspect carefully inspect loosely inspect the plumbing