inquiry
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4.4
- noun
- /ɪnˈkwaɪəri/
- Formal
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investigación
- The coroner ordered an inquiry.
- government inquiry
- police inquiry
- a commission of inquiry
Why does the inquiry stop at that point?
- Why does the inquiry stop at that point?
- They're investigating on behalf of a board of inquiry, which isn't really a thing.
- And the senators did not hold back with their inquiry.
- And this year will be the last full year of, of the inquiry.
- Why has Keir Starmer pulled the plug on a public national inquiry?
- But this mathematical intuition isn't something that really stands up to scientific inquiry.
- There was a Leymont inquiry after the escape and that just changed the whole prison service.
- And you piled up how many Nobel laureates to defend the idea that any inquiry into the origin of this virus was racism?
- But I'm very optimistic about for those people who want to look at the edges of scientific inquiry.
- Then for the purposes of this inquiry as to what slate should be certified for the election, you can stop.
- This intent based inquiry created a strong presumption against finding binding obligations in agreements to negotiate.
Examples
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The government has launched an official inquiry into the environmental impact of the new construction project.
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And the result of this inquiry should shake our nation to its core.
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Why does the inquiry stop at that point?
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And a public inquiry going back to the last question could help.
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And it stopped an inquiry into how those ideas are created.
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So the Crown responded by creating a Commission of inquiry to investigate the matter.
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After the official inquiry, he complained about the way Jones had handled the situation.
Academic text (2008) -
Despite the efforts of a few naysayers, this inquiry is far from over.
Fiction book (2000) -
Police are continuing with a murder inquiry in Blackheath in London after a man was found killed yesterday.
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The FSA today launched an official inquiry into recent Lorden Brothers trade activity.
Synonyms
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2.9
A careful search for the truth about something
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5.5
An official investigation into suspected wrongdoing or serious problems
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2.9
Formal questioning of a person in an official or academic setting
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2.8
A formal process by police to find facts and catch people who did the crime
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4.7
A careful investigation to find the truth
An official investigation by a Roman court into serious crimes
Compounds
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inquiry comes from the Latin parts in- ('into') and quaerere ('to seek' or 'to ask'), which gives the idea of 'looking into' a matter. That's why an official or public inquiry is a formal search or investigation to find the facts.