inquiry

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He even took a keen and mournful pleasure in disturbing their investigations, in embroiling their ideas, in showing the innocence of those whom they suspected But as soon as the inquiry was abandoned he became gradually nervous, more excitable than he had been before, although he mastered his irritability.

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  1. noun The act of inquiring.
  2. noun A question; a query.
  3. noun A close examination of a matter in a search for information or truth.

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  • Your inquiry has been asked countless times on this forum. —  VideoHelp.com Forum
  • Sue Eustace, the AA's director of public affairs, insisted the main thrust of the inquiry was about ill-health caused by alcohol misuse, consequences for the NHS and Britain's drinking culture.
  • The most glaring case of mistaken fire found by the inquiry was the attack on the Al-Dahiyeh family home in the Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitoun, in which 21 members of the same family were killed. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • He even took a keen and mournful pleasure in disturbing their investigations, in embroiling their ideas, in showing the innocence of those whom they suspected But as soon as the inquiry was abandoned he became gradually nervous, more excitable than he had been before, although he mastered his irritability. —  Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
  • (119) But in the case of miracles, as our inquiry is a question purely philosophical (namely, whether anything can happen which contravenes or does not follow from the laws of nature), I was not under any such necessity: I therefore thought it wiser to unravel the difficulty through premises ascertained and thoroughly known by could also easily have solved the problem merely from the doctrines and fundamental principles of Scripture: in order that everyone may acknowledge this, I will briefly show how it could be done 120) Scripture makes the general assertion in several passages that nature's course is fixed and unchangeable. —  Theologico-Political Treatise — Part 2
 

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  1. Also enquiry; an extended form of inquire, enquire, n., perhaps suggested by query.
 

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/ɪnˈkwaɪri/
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