All of these arguments fall apart on closer scrutiny.

"That is why so many of the most interesting fiction writers prove on scrutiny to be reporters who have gone straight."

The public interest depends on the checks, balances and scrutiny the Comptroller's office can provide.

However, on close scrutiny, the examples don't mesh with the facts.

On closer scrutiny he saw they were men nearer to middle age, his age.

On closer scrutiny, he saw that she was not the one he had taken down by the stream.

A debate is currently under way in the European Parliament on financial scrutiny.

I am thinking here of democratic legitimacy based on scrutiny by the European Parliament.

These details showed on scrutiny, but from afar off the attractive point was her dress.

But on closer scrutiny, American officials said technical problems arose.