verb (v)

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, study
  

  source: wordnet30
• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect(verb.perception)

  Example:
  The customs agent examined the baggage.
  

  Synonym:
  see
  

  source: wordnet30
• question or examine thoroughly and closely(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  probe
  

  source: wordnet30
• question closely(verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  essay, prove, test, try, try out
  

  source: wordnet30
• To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.(verb)

  source: webster1913