Synonyms for inquest
ˈɪn kwɛstin·quest

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1. inquestnoun

   Synonyms:
   inquisition

2. inquestnoun

   A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death.

   Synonyms:
   inquisition

3. inquestnoun

   The jury hearing such an enquiry, and the result of the enquiry.

   Synonyms:
   inquisition

Princeton's WordNet

1. inquestnoun

   an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

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1. inquestnoun

   Synonyms:
   inquisition, judicial inquiry (especially by a coroner)

2. inquestnoun

   Synonyms:
   jury (particularly a coroner's jury)

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1. List of paraphrases for "inquest":

   inquiry, investigation

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How to use inquest in a sentence?

1. Justice Robert H. Jackson:

   Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to the wise and considered self-government.

2. Helen Rowland:

   Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

3. William Congreve:

   They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.

4. Miles Goslett:

   A coroner is independent of the government, a coroner’s inquest goes into an investigation with an open mind, they don’t go into it to prove a thesis. A public inquiry into this man’s death was to prove a thesis, that he killed himself. It was a whitewash, a travesty.

5. Karen Koehler:

   Charleena Lyles ' family rejects the ultimate findings from the inquest jury today, the process focused only on the officers' states of mind. Not on Charleena Lyles '.