Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb inspect

3 senses of inspect

Sense 1
inspect -- (look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully")
       => examine, see -- (observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country")

Sense 2
visit, inspect -- (come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory")

Sense 3
audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect -- (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns")
       => analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")

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