Method for examining a measurement object, and apparatus

A method for examining a sample, said method comprising the steps of:

• examining the sample by scanning probe microscopy, said step of examining the sample includes using a measurement probe of a scanning probe measurement device,
• directly optically examining at least one subsection of the sample by an optical measurement system, said step of directly optically examining the at least one subsection includes performing the optical examination in an observation region associated with the optical measurement system,
• correcting a displacement due to the scanning probe microscopy of the at least one subsection of the sample relative to the observation region associated with the optical measurement system, said step of correcting a displacement includes correcting using data signals from the scanning probe microscopy such that the at least one displaced subsection of the sample is arranged back in the observation region of the optical measurement system by a readjustment device, and
• processing the data signals that characterize the displacement by the readjustment device.