Analyze very closely (5)
I believe the answer is:
parse
'analyze very closely' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for parse that I've seen before include "Analyse grammatically" , "Resolve the structure of a sentence" , "Reaps (anag.)" , "Spear (anag.); analyse" , "Analyse sentence" .)