analyze

verb4

1. •
   To subject to analysis.

   • This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…] — 1995
2. •
   To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
3. •
   To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
4. •
   To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.