enquiry

[ en-kwahyuh r-ee, en-kwuh-ree ]

/ ɛnˈkwaɪər i, ˈɛn kwə ri /

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For urgent enquiries, or indeed any enquiries, please contact someone who is not an insane psychopath.
Hong Kong’s High-Flying British Psycho Killer Suspect|Nico Hines, Tom Sykes|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Enquiries are continuing to establish the circumstances of the incident.
Tragedy As Receptionist Who Connected Kate Middleton Prank Callers Commits Suicide|Tom Sykes|December 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The BBC has now done pretty much all it can—pending the outcomes of those two enquiries.
Jimmy Savile Scandal Reaches New York Times|Steve Hewlett|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The letters demanded they cooperate with Turkish enquiries, though no criminal charges have been brought until now.
Turkey Brings Criminal Charges Against Sarah Ferguson|Charlotte Edwardes, Owen Matthews|January 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST

You only omitted one point, but it was the most important of all: you made no enquiries concerning his health.
Three Plays by Brieux|Eugne Brieux
Such are the enquiries constantly obtruding themselves upon me.
Secresy|E. (Eliza) Fenwick
After that we may proceed to other more minute enquiries and arrangements.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
He sends his kind regards and thanks for enquiries and condolence.
The Letters of Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens
Numberless were the enquiries by name after all the children.
My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills|James Johnstone