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inquiry Definition

in·quiry (in′kwər ē, in kwīr′ē, in′kwīr′ē)

noun pl. -·quir·ies

  1. the act of inquiring
  2. an investigation or examination
  3. a question; query

Etymology: earlier enquery < ME enquere

inquiry Synonyms

inquiry

n.

  1. An act or instance of questioning

    query, request, interrogation, questioning; see question 1.

  2. An investigation

    probe, analysis, hearing; see examination 1.

inquiry Usage Examples

Preposition: into

allegation: We will be calling for an independent inquiry into allegations of abuse in Leonard Cheshire homes to be led by disabled people.

Converse of object

  • pend: He is now on police bail pending further inquiries.
  • conduct: Don't conduct inquiries in to the meat says Paul.
  • initiate: An MoD spokesman said it had initiated an inquiry to establish whether or not the laptop was official MoD equipment.
  • launch: British Airports Authority, the firm which runs the airport, has launched an inquiry into the incident.
  • hold: MSPs in Scotland voted against holding a public inquiry.
  • instigate: Mrs E felt that this was an inadequate response and wanted the Commission to instigate a statutory inquiry.

Adjective modifier

  • judicial: Blair's immediate concession of a judicial inquiry was bowing to the inevitable.
  • public: Last month the Welsh Assembly voted for a public inquiry into the service, which has been told to make savings of £ 10m.
  • independent: More than 100 MPs have called for an independent inquiry into the scandal.
  • parliamentary: The trade in looted antiquities and the return of cultural property: a British parliamentary inquiry.
  • philosophical: It will also highlight issues that remain important for philosophical inquiry into religion.
  • scientific: Third, the skeptics often have little to gain other than their desire to defend the basic tenets of scientific inquiry.

Modifies a noun

  • marquis: Lagged unemployment rate quot inquiry marquis m. Of never having this is illustrated benefit of can.
  • Davidoff: Insurance to members data the self-employed inquiry winter davidoff.
  • duan: States versus the quot inquiry duan synthetically linked the its own doctors.
  • kessler: Same for all inquiry kessler r a panel survey.

Noun used with modifier

  • commissioninvestor: And published canada's exchange commissioninvestor inquiries alone includes million.
  • murder: David is advisor to DAC John Grieve on the McGowan murder inquiry in Telford.
  • merger: The Competition Commission has sent an issues letter to the main parties in the Safeway merger inquiries.