As the recipient of a not too unusual or particularly dramatic lightning strike on approach to Rome CIA some years ago I can tell you that a cursory inspection by the crew is no longer sufficient. Noting the pin-pricks of entry points and missing paint from a few dozen rivet heads raised no alarms and the aircraft was flown back to base without further incident.
A Tech Log entry was made and an engineer was called to the aircraft and asked to do a more thourough inspection. He noticed that a single static wick discharger was missing from the port elevator, something we had missed on the walk-around in Rome.
On closer inspection with the aid of a cherry-picker, it was found that the complete base plate of the discharger was missing from the upper surface and several rivets completely missing from the slightly distorted area around the fastenings.
This oversight caused us, the pilots, to be suspended and subsequently disciplined for negligence.
So, the moral is: if you are struck by lightning, ground the aircraft until a thourough inspection is carried out by a suitably qualified engineer, without exception.
Never tell yourself that it was just a small strike, there is no such thing.