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
Taliesin	tal-ee-ES-in (Welsh)	Welsh, Arthurian Romance
Ippolito	-	Italian
Larry	['læri]
Wasswa	-	Eastern African, Ganda
Ralphie	RAL-fee	English
Treasach	-	Irish