The Stacks project

Proof. It is clear that (1) implies (2). Assume (2). Consider the set $\mathcal{S}$ of closed subsets $Y$ of $X$ containing $x$ such that $E \cap Y$ is not a neighbourhood of $x$ in $Y$. If $\mathcal{S} \not= \emptyset $, then it has a minimal element $Y$ as $X$ is Noetherian. Suppose $Y = Y_1 \cup Y_2$ with two smaller nonempty closed subsets $Y_1$, $Y_2$. If $x \in Y_ i$ for $i = 1, 2$, then $Y_ i \cap E$ is a neighbourhood of $x$ in $Y_ i$ and we conclude $Y \cap E$ is a neighbourhood of $x$ in $Y$ which is a contradiction. If $x \in Y_1$ but $x \not\in Y_2$ (say), then $Y_1 \cap E$ is a neighbourhood of $x$ in $Y_1$ and hence also in $Y$, which is a contradiction as well. We conclude that $Y$ is irreducible closed. By assumption (2) we see that $E \cap Y$ is dense in $Y$. Thus $E \cap Y$ contains an open $V$ of $Y$, see Lemma 5.16.3. If $x \in V$ then $E \cap Y$ is a neighbourhood of $x$ in $Y$ which is a contradiction. If $x \not\in V$, then $Y' = Y \setminus V$ is a proper closed subset of $Y$ containing $x$. By minimality of $Y$ we see that $E \cap Y'$ contains an open neighbourhood $V' \subset Y'$ of $x$ in $Y'$. But then $V' \cup V$ is an open neighbourhood of $x$ in $Y$ contained in $E$, a contradiction. This contradiction finishes the proof of the lemma. $\square$