put something under the microscopeput (something) under the microscope
to examine or think about a situation very carefully.
Because they're both public figures, their relationship has been put under the microscope.
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put (someone or something) under the microscope
To begin closely inspecting someone or something; to hold someone or something up to intense scrutiny. After I got that official reprimand at work, it feels like my bosses are putting me under the microscope.The press has put the country's surveillance methods under the microscope since it emerged that it had been eavesdropping on its own citizen's communications.