inspection
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inspect/ɪnˈspekt/
▶verb look at closely, typically to assess quality.
■ examine officially.
– derivatives
inspection noun.
inspection noun.
– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as inspection): from L. inspect-, inspicere ‘look into, examine’, or from its frequentative, inspectare.
'inspection' also found in these Oxford entries:
audit
- diplomatic bag
- examination
- fibre optics
- going-over
- inspect
- look-see
- muster
- oesophagoscope
- off-plan
- once-over
- parade
- produce
- Public Record Office
- render
- review
- routine
- service
- show
- speculum
- strip
- thirty-year rule
- uroscopy
- view
- visitation
- visitorial
