peruse
v.v. to read something very carefully and slowly. You use this when you want to show that you are checking every detail of a document or book.
v. to read or study something thoroughly and carefully. Often implies a detailed examination of a text for specific information or to ensure accuracy.
I need to peruse the contract before I sign it.
The legal team spent the entire afternoon perusing the evidence to find any inconsistencies in the witness statements.
Before the final submission, the author insisted on perusing every chapter for grammatical errors and stylistic inconsistencies, a task that took several weeks of dedicated effort.
From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”)) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”)), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use.