inquiries

[in-kwahyuhr-eez, in-kwuh-reez] / ɪnˈkwaɪər iz, ˈɪn kwə riz /

NOUN

asking; looking into

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analysis audit examination hearing inspection interrogation investigation probe query question questioning request research scrutiny search study survey

STRONG

check cross-examination disquisition exploration grilling inquest inquisition interrogatory poll pursuit quest

WEAK

Q and A catechizing delving fishing expedition legwork probing quizzing third degree trial balloon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

answer ignorance neglect reply

Example Sentences

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Pratt and his campaign staff didn’t respond to repeated inquiries from The Times since last week over his residency.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

First To Serve, the nonprofit that supervises the hotel, did not respond to inquiries from The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Salm said Frankenburg had already sold its missiles to two different countries, which he declined to name, and that the startup had been inundated with inquiries from Gulf nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

A Scottish woman is calling for her brain-damaged nephew to be urgently moved from a mental health hospital in England which is at the centre of multiple police inquiries.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“Ma’am, I m making inquiries al >out the late Shotgun Cheatham.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck