examining
/ɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ/ adjective C2- Tending to examine or engaged in close examination; studiously observant.
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And yet they have missed him up to now!” Holmes had gone to the window and was examining with his lens the blood mark on the sill.
As he spoke, his nimble fingers were flying here, there, and everywhere, feeling, pressing, unbuttoning, examining, while his eyes wore the same far-away expression which I have already remarked upon.
I naturally began by examining the roadway, and there, as I have already explained to you, I saw clearly the marks of a cab, which, I ascertained by inquiry, must have been there during the night.
Had his first appearance, or his resemblance to the picture they had just been examining, been insufficient to assure the other two that they now saw Mr.
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