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To look at something hard enough that it can't keep its secrets.
means To inspect, test, or question something closely in order to learn its true nature or condition.
from From Latin examinare, to weigh, from examen, the tongue of a balance scale — so examining is literally weighing the truth.
Scale rootsExamen meant the needle on a weighing balance.
Exam familyTest-taking examinations come from the same nerve-wracking root.
Cross-examineLawyers added cross to mean weighing under hostile fire.