A fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

We ` re going through it with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2009] Reference

Lin pursued them vigorously with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference

She didn't shrink from the fine-toothed muzzles anymore.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

"We have to go over that study with a fine-toothed comb.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Diabetes patients should not stop taking Avandia, FDA says] Reference

They went through that with a fine-toothed comb, yes, sir.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2003] Reference

Kathi, I want to go through this with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009] Reference

O'BRIEN: ... people will be going through with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2008] Reference

Go over these institutions completely and with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Solution to the Current Financial Meltdown] Reference

Her fingers yearned for pruning shears, or a tiny fine-toothed rake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday Morning, FedEx Ground, and Wishes...] Reference

Giuseppe had in hand a small fine-toothed saw and a huge pair of pliers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow Of The Lion]

Measure had even brought a fine-toothed bone saw from the butchery shed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seventh Son]

They'd be in here going over all of your affairs with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

The fine-toothed comb which holds the thousand strands of hair -- how now!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference

Domas Mituzas from MySQL went over all our queries with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress 2.1 Released — Meandering Passage] Reference

The tools I shall need are a sharp knife and a fine-toothed saw for the bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mad Ship]

I ` m going to cover that area like a fine-toothed comb, no matter what it takes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2005] Reference

Will there be other opportunities to sort of go through with a fine-toothed comb?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2006] Reference

I'd like to see TPM take the same fine-toothed comb to Edwards 'and Hillary's ads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Obama Ads Are Criticized] Reference

Check yourchild's hair regularly for head lice, using a special fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wet-combing beats visual inspection for spotting head lice] Reference

Check your child's hair regularly for head lice, using a special fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wet-combing beats visual inspection for spotting head lice] Reference

•Check your child's hair regularly for head lice, using a special fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head lice: What works best for detection] Reference

Use a fine-toothed comb for everyday purposes rather than a brush on your child's hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wet-combing beats visual inspection for spotting head lice] Reference

• Check your child's hair regularly for head lice, using a special fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head lice: What works best for detection] Reference

A: The simplest method would be to use a portable circular saw with a fine-toothed blade.    From Wordnik.com.  [If you need to redirect hot air, ordinary fans will work just fine] Reference

DEVINE: Well, they're going to take that car apart and search it with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2003] Reference

•Use a fine-toothed comb for everyday purposes rather than a brush on your child's hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head lice: What works best for detection] Reference

• Use a fine-toothed comb for everyday purposes rather than a brush on your child's hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head lice: What works best for detection] Reference

The investigators on this fire I ` m sure have looked over the scene with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2006] Reference

That ` s exactly what I was wondering, Eric, because you went over it with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2006] Reference

I went to the bank, everything he went through, all my application -- with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [President In Roundtable On Small Business Policies] Reference

That ensured that no one had a chance to go through with a fine-toothed comb, or any comb at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Children's Crusade] Reference

We ` re still going through the home with a fine-toothed comb, making sure we don ` t miss one thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2006] Reference

And let me tell you, the primary detective on this case has gone through with a fine-toothed comb everything.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2006] Reference

KATHY REICHS, FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST: Well, I can tell you they ` re going over it with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2005] Reference

This investigation is expected to take some time, but they are going to go through it with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2008] Reference

GRACE: They searched the back yard and pool with a fine-toothed comb, even removing little Caylee ` s back yard playhouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2008] Reference

And as you'd expect, activists for and against his nomination to the high court are going over them with a fine-toothed comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2005] Reference

The representatives blame the hasty June check-mailing deadline for not allowing them to peruse their records with fine-toothed combs.    From Wordnik.com.  [ProPublica: Stimulus for the Dead] Reference