check it properly vs check it carefully

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They can be used to tell someone to examine something thoroughly or with attention to detail.

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check it properly

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate examining something thoroughly.

This phrase is used to request a thorough examination or assessment of something.

Examples:

Please check it properly before submitting the report.
Make sure to check it properly to avoid any mistakes.

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Sure. I just want to check it's loaded properly so we can shoot...
The configured window manager is being launched. Please check it has started properly and confirm the change. The launch will be automatically reverted in 20 seconds.
Dynamic testmeans the test during which lifting machinery is operated in all its possible configurations at the maximum working load multiplied by the appropriate dynamic test coefficient with account being taken of the dynamic behaviour of the lifting machinery in order to check that it functions properly.
If the warning system is not self-monitoring as regards short-circuits, wire breaks and voltage drops, it shall be possible to check that it is working properly.
The chairman shall inform the Supervisory Committee of the work done by the Secretariat and its Head in order to periodically check that it is functioning properly.
There is also a question for Member have they been doing signing up to environmental legislation if in reality they do not have the means to check properly that it has been carried out and have no intention of ensuring that it is properly enforced?
Only then can we check properly.
I want to learn to write a check properly.
7. Member States shall make all necessary provisions to check properly the payment of the flat-rate compensation to the flat-rate farmers.
When we in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development were drafting our opinion and yet again pointing out that all Member States should now be carrying out their checks properly, we did think that, well, that has to be re-emphasised.
the official veterinarian regularly satisfies himself/herself that the official auxiliary is carrying out such checks properly;
Once again, these tools are necessary in order to check properly how the internal market is functioning; this market, I say in turn, is not complete.
Does the Commission think that these authorities performed the necessary import checks properly and in accordance with EU regulations?
For this purpose they should eliminate those already subject to a physical check and properly sealed by Customs and identify high value, high risk consignments from the remaining population that should be checked.
Delegations can check that aid is properly used.
On-the-spot checks risk analysis not properly updated
(28) To ensure that the aid scheme and the checks operate properly, the operators concerned should be required to submit written applications giving the information needed to identify the product and enable the operations to be checked.
In order to ensure that checks may be properly and effectively carried out, invoices and accompanying documents, other than those for consumers, should contain certain basic information included in the marketing standards.
However, each of us, especially those who have served for more than one term here, should think about our actions or inaction in the past to properly check where money has been spent.
It is however the task of the Monitoring Committee for each OP to determine the details of the specific criteria adopted and subsequently to check that they are properly implemented by the relevant authority.

Alternatives:

check it carefully
check it thoroughly
check it closely
check it attentively
check it with attention

check it carefully

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate examining something with attention to detail.

This phrase is used to request a detailed examination or assessment of something.