Verb: inspect in'spekt
- Look over carefully
"Please inspect your father's will carefully"
- Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
"inspect accounts and tax returns";
- audit, scrutinize, scrutinise [Brit]
- Come to see in an official or professional capacity
"The governor inspected the prison";
- visit
Derived forms: inspects, inspecting, inspected
Type of: analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], canvass, come, come up, examine, see, study
Encyclopedia: Inspect