Examine what may seem finished (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
look over
'examine' is the definition.
(looking over is a kind of examining)
'may seem finished' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'seem' could be 'look' (synonyms) and 'look' is found in the answer.
'finished' could be 'over' (over can mean finished or ended) and 'over' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'what' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for look over that I've seen before include "Read through briefly" , "Inspect" .)