overanalyze

verb

over·​an·​a·​lyze ˌō-vər-ˈa-nə-ˌlīz 

overanalyzed; overanalyzing

transitive + intransitive

: to analyze (someone or something) excessively

… highlighting how being able to remember (and then overanalyze) past social situations can lead to distress.

—Kelsey Dallas

When winners feel doubt, they manage themselves—as fast as possible—away from the overwhelming tendency to hesitate, overthink, and overanalyze.

—Larry Weidel

Examples of overanalyze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sun Sentinel Dave Hyde: No need to overanalyze or whine — Heat suffering from Butler’s sabotage The Heat have lost eight straight games in a season gone south since Jimmy Butler quit on them and was traded. —South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025

After the bonfire, the couples overanalyze their clips with the singles, who seem to only exist to help these people unpack their relationships. —Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025

Simple behaviors can also get overanalyzed through therapy buzzwords. —Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

In the past, we’ve been known to get tunnel vision and overanalyze things. —Thomas Smith, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overanalyze

• contextualize
• industrialize
• materialise
• materialize
• memorialize
• microenterprise
• overemphasize
• particularize
• revolutionise
• revolutionize
• actualize
• antagonize