1. A system for flexibly detecting flaws in an object comprising: an imaging device having a processor that performs a global registration of a model image with respect to a runtime image; a flexible flaw detection and repositioning procedure within the processor that identifies a displacement of predetermined image features in the model image with respect to the runtime image and that computes a relative displacement therebetween so that local positioning of predetermined image features on the model image can be transformed with respect to the runtime image to determine if the relative displacement results in a better fit for the model image relative to the runtime image and, if not, the relative displacement is marked invalid; and an inspection procedure that performs inspection of the runtime image using the model image subsequent to the transformation of the predetermined image features.