put (someone or something) under a microscope

To begin closely inspecting someone or something; to examine someone or something with intense scrutiny. After I got that official reprimand at work, it feels like my bosses are putting me under a microscope. The country's surveillance methods are being put under a microscope lately, after news sources learned that it had been eavesdropping on its own citizens' communications.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Julija	YOO-lee-yah (Slovene)	Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Rachael	RAY-chəl	English
Holden	[həuldn]
Mikhaila	mə-KAY-lə	English (Rare)
Eutropio	e-oo-TRO-pyo	Spanish
Ziva	-	Hebrew