Synonyms for inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪər i, ˈɪn kwə riin·qui·ry

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1. inquiry

   Synonyms:
   interrogation, question, asking, investigation, search, examination, research, scrutiny, exploration

   Antonyms:
   conjecture, guess, intuition, hypothesis, assumption, supposition

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1. inquiry, enquiry, researchnoun

   a search for knowledge

   "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, interrogation, query, research, question

2. question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogationnoun

   an instance of questioning

   "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

   Synonyms:
   examination, enquiry, doubtfulness, doubt, head, interrogation, query, motion, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question, research, dubiousness

3. inquiry, enquirynoun

   a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, interrogation, query, research, question

Matched Categories

1. • Investigation
   • Problem Solving
   • Questioning

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1. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   interrogation, question, query, interrogatory

2. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, examination, research, scrutiny, study, exploration

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1. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   question, query, interrogation, research, investigationm scrutiny

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1. List of paraphrases for "inquiry":

   investigation, survey, enquiry, research, investigative, investigations, query, investigate, inquest, investigating, enquête, 'enquête, investigación, inquiries, snooping, enquiries, surveys, fact-finding, study, investigatory, consultation, jwee, probe, viewing

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1. Greg Sargent:

   Its also odd to hear the argument that no inquiry should happen simply because the Senate probably would never convict, impeachment hearings would be carried out tobenefit the public and the country, and thus cant turn on projections of the ultimate outcome. ...Just asduring the Nixon years, the first step is congressional investigations (which were seeing now), which then might lead to the opening of impeachment hearings. Those would weigh whether newly gathered facts merit impeachment or not, to inform the public of the momentous stakes and complexities involved in this decision.

2. Richard Horwell:

   It is the scientific evidence that condemns Lugovoy and Kovtun, no matter how many state honors Putin may pin to Lugovoy's chest ... however many conferences Kovtun may hold or how many times Kovtun promises to blow apart this inquiry, Lugovoy and Kovtun have no credible answer to the scientific evidence and the trail of polonium they left behind.

3. Salud Carbajal:

   I believe it is time to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

4. Patrick Meehan:

   While I do believe I would be exonerated of any wrongdoing, I also did not want to put my staff through the rigors of an Ethics Committee investigation and believed it was best for them to have a head start on new employment rather than being caught up in an inquiry, and since I have chosen to resign, the inquiry will not become a burden to taxpayers and committee staff.

5. Adam Ni:

   The nature of the protest movement has transformed over the last 13 weeks, carrie Lam will have to take further steps, such as setting up an independent inquiry into police conduct. If Carrie Lam does not take further steps, then we can expect the protests to continue.