Critical examination (6)
I believe the answer is:
review
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">critical examination</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for review that I've seen before include "General survey of a plan" , "Inspection" , "study" , "Appraisal; magazine" , "Write a critique of" .)