inspection
The act of examining something, often closely.
Example
“Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!”
Other meanings
An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
“The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.”
Synonyms
- examination
Related words
- adspection
- inspectional
- inspectioneer
- inspectionism
- inspectionist
- postinspection
- preinspection
- reinspection
- superinspection
- Fagan inspection
- fire inspection
- home inspection
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inspection” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.