Inquiry

Noun

 * 1) The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
 * 2) Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

Adjectives for Inquiry
investigational; liberal; audacious; vindictive; studious; calm; dispassionate; laconic; rigorous; extensive; horrified; confidential; particular; skeptical recent; diligent; patient; successful; urgent sarcastic; apprehensive; exacting; troubled; cold; sanctioned; sleepy; dolorous; fruitless; competent; respectful; troublesome; subsequent; eager; physical; point-blank; thorough; sincere; innocent; direct; discreet; pertinent; scientific; suave; vain; solid; indefinite; tentative; strict; sad; accurate; unthinking; suspicious; sarcastic; mild; hospitable; formal; curt; brisk; brash.

Verbs for Inquiry
bombard with—s; conduct—; deter—; insti¬tute—; meet—; occasion—; overwhelm with '—s; press—; provoke—; pursue—; push—; renew—; repeat—; reply to—; resume—; subject to—; waive—; —discloses.

Thesaurus
amassing evidence, assize, audit, bone of contention, canvass, catechism, catechizing, change of venue, check, close inquiry, consumer research, consumer-preference survey, court-martial, cross-examination, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, debating point, delving, demand, department of investigation, detection, detective work, enquiry, examination, exhaustive study, exploration, feeler, hearing, indagation, inquest, inquirendo, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, investigation, investigative bureau, issue, jury trial, leader, leading question, legislative investigation, legwork, mistrial, moot point, opinion poll, perscrutation, point at issue, point in question, poll, probe, probing, problem, public-opinion poll, query, querying, quest, question, question at issue, question mark, questionary, questioning, questionnaire, quodlibet, research, scrutiny, search, sifting, sleuthing, study, survey, topic, trial, trial balloon, trial by jury, vexed question, witch-hunt

Alternative forms

 * enquiry

Etymology
enquery:, from the verb enquerre: <  inquiro:. Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.

Translations

 * Catalan: indagació, perquisició
 * Finnish: kysely (1), tiedustelu (1), tutkimus (1,2)
 * French: enquête


 * Portuguese: pergunta (1), questionamento, inquérito (2)
 * Swedish: förfrågan, efterforskning, undersökning