on closer inspection

phrase

: when examined more closely
On closer inspection, the painting proved to be a fake.

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Shower Caddies and Plastic Bath Toys If shower caddies and bath toys regularly fall off your cleaning radar, but on closer inspection, need some care, go ahead and dedicate a dishwashing session to them. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026 Much of what couples experience as conflict is, on closer inspection, a disagreement about which interpretation of an ambiguous event is the correct one, and that disagreement is rarely settled by appeals to trust. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 But only on closer inspection did the true brilliance of that pass become clear. — New York Times, 26 June 2026 From a distance, the scenes seemed like classical interpretations of the Stations, but on closer inspection things became a little stranger. — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on closer inspection

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“On closer inspection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20closer%20inspection. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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