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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nitpick

"seek petty faults," also nit-pick, 1962, back-formation from earlier nitpicker. Related: Nitpicking; nitpicky.

Wiktionary
nitpick

vb. To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details; to kvetch.

WordNet
nitpick

v. be overly critical; criticize minor details

Usage examples of "nitpick".

The result of all this misguided hysteria, say the Version A advocates, the Deregulators, is the mushrooming of giant bureaucracies whose sole effect is to hog tie business with red tape and maddening, nitpicking regulations.

I think there might be real promise in game designs that offer less of a sense of nitpicking mastery and control, and more of a sense of sleaziness and bluesiness and smokiness.