on closer inspection

idiom

: when examined more closely

On closer inspection, the painting proved to be a fake.

Examples of on closer inspection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But on closer inspection, there may not have been much of a transformation at all. —Sanjena Sathian, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025

But on closer inspection, there seemed to be a very subtle short-term variation – a flicker that occurred every three hours. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2025

But while public trust in general seems to be resilient, that finding becomes more complex on closer inspection. —Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025

Finally, even the success stories tend to fall apart on closer inspection. —Séverine Autesserre, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018

Rhymes for on closer inspection

• abjection
• advection
• affection
• bijection
• bisection
• collection
• complexion
• confection
• connection
• connexion
• convection
• correction