inquirynoun
UK also enquiry uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/inquiry noun (QUESTION)
B1 [ C or U ] (the process of asking) a question:
I've been making inquiries about/into the cost of a round-the-world ticket.
formal Inquiry into the matter is pointless - no one will tell you anything.
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- Who will be leading the inquiry into the accident?
- The inquiry found evidence of serious misapplication of funds.
- The nomination of Judge Watkins as head of the inquiry was a surprise.
- There is to be an official inquiry into the incident.
- A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.
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Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- grilling
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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inquiry noun (PROCESS)
C2 [ C ] an official process to discover the facts about something bad that has happened:
a judicial inquiry
Citizens have demanded a full inquiry into the government's handling of the epidemic.
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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