inquisition /in-kwi-zishˈən/

1. A searching examination
2. An investigation
3. A judicial inquiry
4. (with cap and the) a Roman Catholic tribunal established from 1232 to 1820 to preserve the supremacy of Catholicism in Europe by suppressing heresy, notably in Spain (the Spanish Inquisition) where the torture and execution of disbelievers was not uncommon

inquisitˈional adjective

1. Searching, often unduly vexatiously, in inquiring
2. Relating to inquisition or the Inquisition

inquisitive /-kwizˈi-tiv/ adjective

1. Eager to know
2. Apt to ask questions, esp about other people's affairs
3. Curious

inquisˈitively adverb

inquisˈitiveness noun

inquisˈitor noun

1. Someone who inquires, esp with undue pertinacity or searchingness
2. An official inquirer
3. A member of the Inquisition tribunal

inquisitōˈrial (or /-törˈ/) adjective

1. Relating to an inquisitor or inquisition
2. Unduly pertinacious in interrogation
3. Used of criminal proceedings in which the prosecutor is also judge, or in which the trial is held in secret (law)

inquisitoˈrially adverb

inquisitoˈrialness noun

inquisˈitress noun (archaic)

A female inquisitor

inquisitūˈrient adjective (Milton)

Eager to act as inquisitor

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