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

Therefore, fans should stop overanalyzing every line and scene of a video as a shot at the other. —Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025

Now, Spoelstra will spend his summer overanalyzing every little detail to try to solve this confounding onslaught. —Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Instead of tuning into your experience with someone, you’re likely caught up in your head, overanalyzing every message, delayed reply or tone of voice. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

For Armas, the game plan centers more on what his own team is trying to do than overanalyzing a relatively unknown opponent. —Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 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