inquiry

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W3 enquiry [ınˈkwaıəri US ınˈkwaıri, ˈıŋkwəri] n plural inquiries

1.)

a question you ask in order to get information

inquiry about

▪ We're getting a lot of inquiries about our new London-Rio service.

inquiry from

▪ inquiries from potential applicants

▪ I don't know who sent the gift, but I'll make some inquiries .

help the police with their inquiries

BrE (=to answer questions about a crime)

2.) [U]

the act or process of asking questions in order to get information

▪ On further inquiry, it emerged that Malcolm had not been involved in the incident.

▪ The local council set up a committee of inquiry to look into policing arrangements.

scientific/intellectual inquiry

3.)

an official process to find out about something

inquiry into

▪ a judicial inquiry into the deaths

launch/set up/hold an inquiry (into sth)

▪ The Civil Aviation Authority has agreed to hold an inquiry into the accident.

▪ The police have launched a murder inquiry .

▪ Parents have called for an independent inquiry into the accident.

→line of inquiry at ↑line¹ (12)