All inquiry synonyms

noun inquiry

• analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
• hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
• interrogation — the act of interrogating; questioning.
• investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
• questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
• query — a question; an inquiry.
• survey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
• scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
• inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
• research — to make researches; investigate carefully.
• audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
• search — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
• question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• request — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
• inquisition — an official investigation, especially one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel punishments.
• inquest — a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
• quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
• pursuit — the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
• interrogatory — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
• poll — polly.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• disquisition — a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation.
• cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
• fishing expedition — a legal proceeding mainly for the purpose of interrogating an adversary, or of examining his or her property and documents, in order to gain useful information.
• trial balloon — a statement, program, or the like issued publicly as a means of determining reactions in advance: The speech was a trial balloon for a new law.
• probing — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• q and a — an exchange of questions and answers.
• delving — to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate: to delve into the issue of prison reform.
• legwork — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
• quizzing — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
• review — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
• autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
• examination — A detailed inspection or investigation.
• postmortem — of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
• exploration — The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
• grilling — Present participle of grill.
• catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
• quiz — an informal test or examination of a student or class.