tarkastella

Tarkastella is a Finnish verb meaning to examine, inspect, review, or scrutinize something carefully. The sense emphasizes careful consideration rather than a casual glance. It is widely used in formal, academic, administrative, and everyday language when a detailed look is required.

In practice, tarkastella governs objects such as data, documents, plans, systems, or arguments. It is commonly used in research, auditing, journalism, and software evaluation. Examples include tarkastella tilastoja (to examine statistics), tarkastella asiakirjoja (to inspect documents), and tarkastella ohjelmiston toimintaa (to review how software works). The verb can be conjugated across Finnish tenses and moods; in English translations it is usually rendered as examine or inspect.

Related forms include tarkastelu (an inspection or examination) and tarkastelija (an inspector or reviewer). The word stems from tarkka, meaning careful or exact, with a derivational suffix that expresses the action of performing an examination.