enquiry

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

/ ɛnˈkwaɪər i, ˈɛn kwə ri /

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She is incapable of responding to kindness and enquiry, even very gentle flirting on the part of a co-worker.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Had it been police officers [who harassed Leyland] there would be an IPCC enquiry.
Outed Madeleine McCann Troll Kills Herself. But Millions Live On Online.|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this time there will be no internal committees of enquiry or scurrilous U.N. Goldstone commissions.
Living By The Sword|Daniel Levy|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Police are now following hundreds of lines of enquiry involving many hundreds of potential victims.
Jimmy Savile Scandal Reaches New York Times|Steve Hewlett|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

However, I hope the delay will be made up by the efficacy of the plant being confirmed by the enquiry.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses|William Withering
The girl, on hearing her father's enquiry, looked mournfully upon him, whilst the tears ran silently down her cheeks.
Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale|William Carleton
Enquiry must be made in the village for the farm at which the keys of the villa enclosure are kept.
Seaward Sussex|Edric Holmes
His first enquiry was whether any boats were going down the river.
With Kitchener in the Soudan|G. A. Henty
The section then went on to state the chief objects of the enquiry.
The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860|C. F. G. Clark

alternative spelling of inquiry. Related: Enquiries.