The phrase "came under sharp scrutiny" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation or subject that is being closely examined or criticized.
Example: "The company's financial practices came under sharp scrutiny after the recent audit revealed discrepancies."
Alternatives: "faced intense examination" or "was subjected to close inspection."
The privatization of state companies came under sharp scrutiny.
In these lively volumes everything from politics to race to sex to baseball came under sharp scrutiny.
The role of the rating agencies in the crisis came under sharp scrutiny Friday from the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
But the same business holdings and connections that made Ms. Pritzker so vital to Mr. Obama's ability to raise campaign money also came under sharp scrutiny.
Federal prosecutors would face a higher bar in bringing a criminal case against Goldman, whose role in the mortgage market came under sharp scrutiny this week during a marathon hearing in the Senate.
Officials who take an action based on the office's assurances that it would be lawful are essentially safe from prosecution, giving the agency an extraordinary power that came under sharp scrutiny during the Bush administration after it issued secret memorandums asserting that the president, as commander in chief, could override statutes restricting domestic surveillance and torture.
Continuing aid is certain to come under sharp scrutiny.
Short selling and derivatives trading have come under sharp scrutiny in the United States and elsewhere, because of similar worries about whether they improve or distort markets.
His deal with the government and his $8 million severance package from Christie's is certain to come under sharp scrutiny when cross-examination resumes today.
New Century is the latest subprime mortgage lender to come under sharp scrutiny from federal regulators for its business during the bubble years.
But the test will be how the new law is put into practice — especially by the Vatican bank, which has periodically come under sharp scrutiny and is now the target of a money laundering investigation.
